Dear scientists, researchers and innovators!
The National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) and Science Europe (SE) are pleased to invite you to attend our fourth webinar which will take place on 26 June 2026 and will be dedicated to the topic “Transforming research assessment systems: Criteria, Quality, and Societal Impact”.
The session will explore how the reforms and innovations to research assessment that are currently being developed and implemented can improve research quality and push research ecosystems and cultures away from metric-dominated assessment approaches. It will touch international initiatives that seek to promote research excellence and how to articulate emerging needs to consider the societal impact of science.
We invite everyone interested to join the event by completing the registration form.
- Time: 10:00–11:30 CET / 11:00–12:30 Kyiv time
- Format: online
- Language: English (simultaneous interpretation into Ukrainian will be provided)
Connection details will be sent to you shortly before the webinar after registration.
The 4th webinar programme includes presentations by the following international experts:
- Lisbet Crone, Special Advisor at the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)
- Josefin Thoresson, Senior Research Officer at the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS)
- Laurence El Khouri, Research engineer at the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Information, the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Matthias Kiesselbach, Programme Director, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- James Morris, Senior Policy Officer, Science Europe
The session will be moderated by:
- Lidia Borrell-Damián, Secretary General, Science Europe;
- Oleksandra Kyselova, Head of the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU).
Up-to-date information about the webinar series you can find on the official websites of the NRFU and Science Europe.
