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Young researchers in
motion
On the occasion of the event held in Paris
on 29-30 June 2004, five young researchers were interviewed
on their experience of mobility and answered the same questions.
Eleanna Galanaki
/ Fabienne Goldfarb /
Marius Linguraru / Dagmar
Meyer / Augusto Palombini |
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Research at the interface –
a new vision for European science careers
Christian Bréchot, director-general of Inserm, who has
spear-headed the changes at the French institute, talks about
his vision of a European research career, a vision that brings
together competitiveness and mobility – key factors in
the building of a European Research Area. (more...) |
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Co-operating on a new image for
science and research
Dr Lloyd Anderson is Director of Science, Engineering and the
Environment at the British Council, UK, with responsibility
for setting global policy in the sector. The British Council
spends £8 million (approximately €12 million) a year
on science activities and exchange programmes in 60 countries.
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A quest for professional development
Trained as a scientist in her native Italy, Dr Paola Arimondo
has since worked in Germany, the UK and now France. She is already
planning her next move – convinced that personal mobility
is crucial to expanding a researcher’s innovative potential.
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A new vision of human resources
in Europe
Research Commisioner, Philippe Busquin, explains how the new
training and mobility opportunities on offer under FP6 fit into
the overall development of the European Research Area. (more…)
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Helping fellow nomads A
veritable academic nomad in her own right, Dagmar Meyer now
heads up the Marie Curie Fellowship Association (MCFA). She
tells us about the rewards and challenges of helping fellow
researchers get mobile. (more…)
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Free to be dynamic
A long way from home, Marko Pahor is determined to make the
most of his sociology fellowship abroad. The young Slovenian
tells us about his experience as a Marie Curie fellow in the
Netherlands. (more…) |
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Home to roost
Midway through his Marie Curie post-doc fellowship at French
pharmaceutical giant Aventis,
Jose Falco Bernes got a job offer he couldn’t refuse.
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Making the most of mobility
Senior computer biologist and former Marie Curie Fellow, Dr
Ana Cerdeño-Tárraga, says the experience she gained from her
training period abroad gave her the confidence to try something
new. (more…) |
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Marie Curie Training Sites: The chance
to be different and acquire new skills
Writing in Science’s
Next Wave, a weekly online publication on scientific training,
former Marie Curie Fellow Christina Vidinova from Bulgaria
explains how her training period in Germany led her to discover
new scientific techniques which have proved invaluable to
her career. “It was as if my training help me to see
things in colour, which before I had only been able to see
in black and white,” she says. (more…)
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Advice from an international scholar
Leading Austrian mathematician, Professor
Norbert Mauser, says the links he made through his Marie Curie
post-doc fellowship have had a lasting effect on his work. (more…) |
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A job well done in Europe
People are a key resource for any business, and big companies
go to great lengths to recruit – and keep – the
best staff. Schlumberger is a major multinational supplying
technical services to the oil and gas industry and information
technology services to a wide range of industries. Pierre Bismuth,
Vice-President – Personnel and speaker at the FP6 launch
conference – explains the firm’s human resources
policies. (more…) |
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Setting up a global laboratory
Ellis Rubinstein, former editor of Science magazine and one
of the speakers at the FP6 launch conference, is convinced of
the need to pool resources in order to meet R&D challenges
of an increasingly global nature. In particular, he emphasises
the importance of encouraging the greater mobility of human
resources. (more…) |
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All change for Europe's workforce?
Mobility of the workforce is strongly encouraged within the
EU, yet various obstacles still stand in the way. Cultural,
linguistic and social changes are needed for real mobility says
Maria Helena André, Confederal Secretary of the European
Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). (more…)
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Creating a brain gain
Whilst young researchers need to move about and work in different
environments, too often they go from the EU to the USA. Europe
must develop a range of policies to reverse this, says Sigrid
Bresoski, R&D advisor at the secretariat of UNICE, the European
Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations. (more…)
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