Posted by Today we present another of the interviews we have recorded in the C4RE series on managing the competencies of academics and competence management at the university. This time we speak with Prof. Matias Pulópulos Tripiana of the Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University. He is a researcher working in the area of Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience. His research aims to understand the effects of stress on health and cognition and the neurocognitive mechanisms of stress regulation and stress-related disorders in young and elderly people. He has led several national and international grants and projects. He has held research stays at Maastricht University and Harvard University.
When you listen to our interview, you will find out, among other things:
- What determines a researcher’s scientific success?
- What fosters a given researcher’s networking with other researchers in the country?
- What are the researcher’s own experiences in strengthening research competence?
- What are the professor’s experiences in leading distributed (virtual) research teams?
- What causes a team to achieve high results in obtaining grants?
- When can a research team be called creative?
- What is an indicator of team performance?
- What competencies are lacking in your team to successfully conduct research projects?
- What methods does your university use to strengthen the level of research conducted by individual scientists and by research teams?
- What competencies are missing at your university and need to be sought outside the university?
- Under what conditions can you create an innovative university?
The interview with Prof. Matias Pulópulos Tripiana is conducted by:
- Prof. Barbara Kozusznik, Ph.D., University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
- Olaf Flak, Ph.D., Independent trainer and business advisor
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Also download the e-book on this topic “University support for building researcher competence”