DRC Summer School

18/07/2022

What an intense and inspiring week this has been!

After a two-year Covid-break, we were finally able to meet for the 17th DRC Summer School in Vienna, Austria! Together, we discussed the Future of in the Region and how we can guarantee University autonomy and academic freedom, improve students’ engagement and promote policy-making through innovative learning methods. 🎓🧠📚

Alongside the lectures, we also attended the FIFUDEM Final Conference, produced a podcast episode, went on a field trip to the picturesque Wachau valley and had amazing dinner at the typical Austrian Heuriger. 🍷⛴

Many thanks to the organizers, sponsors, speakers and all our participants! We can’t wait to see you next summer for the 18th DRC Summer School! 🎉

16/05/2022

📣17th DRC Summer School – Call for Applications ❗️
👉 Are you a university student, early-stage researcher or young scientist eager to reflect on and discuss the future of higher education and academia in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe ❓
👉 Are you willing to develop academically and do you at the same time want to spend a great summer week in beautiful Vienna 🎶❓
📥 Then apply now for the DRC Summer School “Shaping Tomorrow's Research: What Future for Academia in the Danube Region?”
🗓 Deadline: 31. May 2022 at 23:59 (CET)
➡️ For more information please visit the DRC website:

The DRC Summer School project was initiated by IDM (Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe) and International House Pécs in 2003 to promote regional co-operation among young social scientists. Its general aim is the establishment of a network of young scientists who deal with the issue ...

20/04/2022

01/03/2022

👉We are thrilled to announce the project funded by the Danube Rectors' Conference and coordinated by the University of Maribor: the DRC Initiative Fund!

🌐As a part of a wider framework of the (EUSDR), especially in the field of the priority area "Knowledge society", The Danube Rectors' Conference offers students of doctoral study programmes at DRC member universities the possibility to obtain financial means for developing applicants' projects, solutions, prototypes.

In the focus of this project are three targets of the :

1️⃣. Increase the number of innovations, official inventions of EPO and PCT patent applications
2️⃣. Increase cooperation and mobility in the field of research and education
3️⃣. Increase the number of joint publications on research results.

📣We are prepared to support outstanding students and young scholars' projects which can have a positive impact in the region, in line with the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), by financing different kinds of activities.

👉The available financial means for projects is 50,000 EUR, and it is envisioned that no more than 25 applications will be accepted for funding, or a maximum of 5,000 EUR may be granted per application. Furthermore, whereas candidates applying for the target area one and three (innovation and joint publication) may receive financial resources up to 2,000 EUR, for the target area two (cooperation and mobility) the maximum amount of financial support is 1,000 EUR. If projects apply to all three target areas, the maximum attainable amount is 5,000 EUR.

More information on evaluation criteria may be found on our webpage: https://www.drc-danube.org/

In case you need additional information and support, please feel free to contact us: [email protected]

📅The deadline for the applications is 31st March 2022 and the candidates will be informed about the results by the end of April.

The Danube Rectors' Conference (DRC) is a strong network of almost 70 universities in the Danube Region. Our aim is to improve higher education in teaching and research, and the advancement of our member universities by establishing sustainable contacts.

14/02/2022

🔎 What instruments should be used in order to reverse these side-effects of integration efforts? Is there a need for institutional reform to create better employment prospects for migrating university-educated workers?

📌 If you are interested in the relationship between education and work, select the thematic area “Employability of Students and Early-Stage Researchers”!

📝 Together with your colleagues, you will address issues such as European education area, Bologna Process, brain drain brain gain, underemployment, rural exodus, movement of talents, employment, human capital flight, work culture.

📅Apply to the Strategic Foresight until February 15th!

09/02/2022

🔎 How should we shape the digital transformation to secure it serves everyone in the educational system and “post-fact” society at large?

📌If your academic expertise brought you to tackle digitalization and analyze its implication on the higher education system, the thematic area “Science and Learning in Digital Era” is the right topic for you!

📝 The group dealing with this thematic area will elaborate on topics such as remote learning, e-learning, distance education and digitization, as well as digital divide and inclusion.

📅Apply to the DRC Strategic Foresight Project until 15. February 2022!

👉https://www.drc-danube.org/activities/strategic-foresight/

08/02/2022

🔎 To what extent is research employed in national and European decision-making? How can science have a bigger role in the decision-making process? What can be done to enhance the scientific voices of South-Eastern Europe universities?

📌 Focus on the third thematic area "Scientific Research for European Decision-Making" if you are willing to engage in the Strategic Foresight project by answering these questions!
📝 Your group will work on themes including science and decision-making, evidence-based solutions, science and governance, as well as research and policy-making.

📅Apply to the Strategic Foresight until February 15th!

👉 https://www.drc-danube.org/activities/strategic-foresight/

26/01/2022

🔎 What steps must be taken to ensure the long-term independence of higher education? With what tools can we counter the erosion of universities institutional autonomy across the Danube Region and beyond?

📌If you have ever come across these questions, or if you believe you can contribute to answering them, the thematic area “University autonomy and Governance” suits you perfectly!

📝 Together with your colleagues, you will investigate on topics such as university autonomy, informal leadership and management, academic freedom, apolitical reforms, transnational code of principles and many others!

📅Apply to the DRC Strategic Foresight Project until 15. February 2022!

👉https://www.drc-danube.org/activities/strategic-foresight/

20/01/2022

DRC Strategic Foresight – Call for Applications
👉Are you a student, early-stage researcher or young scientist eager to contribute to the future of higher education in the Danube region❓
👉Are you willing to share your ideas in an international group in the beautiful cities of Vienna, Maribor and Uzhorod ❓
⬇️
Then apply now for the DRC Strategic Foresight 2022!
➡We are looking for 20 talented participants from all over the world to develop strategic scenarios on 4 thematic areas concerning the future of higher education in the Danube Region!
📆Deadline: 15 February 2022 at 23:59 (CET)
➡For more information on the project and the application process, please visit the DRC website: https://www.drc-danube.org/activities/strategic-foresight/

21/10/2021

DRC Scholarship holders share their experiences

"This experience enriched my through interactive lectures, inspiring excursion days, and interesting examples of the design. The best part was the opportunity to learn about and then to go outside and to see the ."

shared with us Berina Brčaninović, who studies Architecture at the University of Sarajevo, and was chosen for the DRC scholarship for participation at the Summer University 2021.

Congratulations! 🥳 Čestitamo, Berina!

27/05/2021

📢 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
In the third year of the Sharing Future Scholarship sponsored by DRC - Danube Rectors' Conference we reiceived 33 applications from artists and artist duos, so the selection process proved to be a difficult task. First of all, thanks to the artists from all over the world for their diverse project ideas and their interest in working in Ruse for a month.

This year's scholarship goes to the German-Romanian author and playwright Thomas Perle. Congratulations! He will be in Ruse for a month in September and October to realize his multilingual project "donauwellen". During his stay, he will work on a piece around the Danube, a river rich in history, and collect voices from people living near the Danube. We are happy to welcome Thomas Perle in Ruse and are excited about his project!

Board of Trustees:
Sebastian Schäffer – Secretary General of the Danube Rectors‘ Conference (our sponsor)
Prof. Dr. sc. Penka Angelova – Chairperson of the IECS
Elena Velikova – Director of Ruse Art Gallery
Detelina Kamenova – Deputy Cultural Manager

12/05/2021

‼OeAD Scholarships - application deadline extended‼ ⬇⬇