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‘What struck me most, is that it brought so much new energy.’ The department of political science at the University of Amsterdam consists of several programme groups that are now led by elected boards. In this new system, you don’t have to be a full professor in order to lead a programme group. Saskia is proud of this system of governance and explains how it encourages group members to be more involved in the decision-making, but also how it makes her department a more safe environment. Saskia Bonjour is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.
In this short series, Marie-José van Tol and Sanli Faez, members of The Young Academy discuss some outstanding solutions for common issues experienced at Dutch universities with various guests. In these interviews faculty members from four universities present how a serious and common problem has been solved in their department or institute in a creative way.

Carolien van Ham was tired of the constant competition in research and joined a department where things are organised differently. Collaboration and team performance, and hiring people with different skills and a collaboration mindset is now what she aims for. At her department at the Radboud University Nijmegen a research prize was awarded to a team instead of individuals.‘Potentially we could generate way more ideas, and science could go way faster if we would be a little bit less competitive and a little bit more collaborative.’ Carolien van Ham is Professor of Empirical Political Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen.
In this short series, Marie-José van Tol and Sanli Faez, members of The Young Academy, discuss some outstanding solutions for common issues experienced at Dutch universities with various guests. In these interviews faculty members from four universities present how a serious and common problem has been solved in their department or institute in a creative way.

PhD supervisors work closely with candidates in shaping their scientific projects. It is therefore important to be approachable. At the Department of Health Services Research at Maastricht University, PhD candidates get several opportunities to evaluate their supervisors and to work together with them as academics. ‘Extreme hierarchy threatens the quality of our scientific work’ says Hilde Verbeek. In this episode she explains how these evaluations have – sometimes in an unexpected way – helped her become a better supervisor.Hilde Verbeek is Professor of Long-Term Care Environments at Maastricht University.
In this short series, Marie-José van Tol and Sanli Faez, members of The Young Academy discuss some outstanding solutions for common issues experienced at Dutch universities with various guests. In these interviews faculty members from four universities present how a serious and common problem has been solved in their department or institute in a creative way.

The University Medical Centre Groningen has four career tracks, or ‘impact profiles’, in academic leadership: the ‘classic’ research profile, a special track for clinicians, one for society and valorization, and the fourth one is for education. This system was pushed by Marian Joëls and provides new ways for diversifying academic career tracks. ‘Careers can be diverse and the optimal result is when you really make use of people’s talents.’Marian Joëls is Professor Neurobiology of Environmental Factors. Until recently, she was Dean of Medical Sciences at the University of Groningen and member of the Board of Management of the UMCG.
In this short series, Marie-José van Tol and Sanli Faez, members of The Young Academy discuss some outstanding solutions for common issues experienced at Dutch universities with various guests. In these interviews faculty members from four universities present how a serious and common problem has been solved in their department or institute in a creative way.

Claes de Vreese spreekt over het erkennen van verschillende kwaliteiten in een team, het belang van team science bij het oplossen van maatschappelijke vraagstukken en waarschuwt voor te snelle implementatie van Erkennen en Waarderen. De Vreese is universiteitshoogleraar kunstmatige intelligentie en maatschappij aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

In de genetica kun je geen toppublicatie realiseren zonder samenwerking, aldus Dorret Boomsma. Zij vertelt hoe belangrijk samenwerken en team science zijn geworden in haar vakgebied. En over hoe zij door een gelukkig toeval een vliegende start kon maken met haar tweelingenregister. Dorret Boomsma is hoogleraar biologische psychologie aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
In Aan de top! spreekt interviewer Ingeborg van der Ven met zes hoogleraren over hun weg naar succes. Zijn ze in de wieg gelegd als topwetenschappers? En wat is eigenlijk de rol van geluk? De gesprekken worden gevoerd aan de hand van thema’s uit Erkennen en Waarderen en gaan over de verschillende rollen in de academie, over leiderschap en team science, maar ook over open science en de definitie van onderzoeks- en onderwijskwaliteit.Presentatie: Ingeborg van der Ven.Productie: Spraakmaker Media.