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SUMMARY:7th EWORA "Online" Conference  "Leadership in Higher Education and
  Research in Times of Dynamic Global Change"
DTSTART:20210609T150000
DTEND:20210610T173000
DTSTAMP:20260506T190139Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Gulsun Saglamer \, President\, EWORA Sarah Springman\, Rector\
 , ETH Zürich Liu Jinan\, President\, World Women University Presidents
  Forum  Arne Flåøyen\, Director\, NordForsk  Ms. Alia El-Yassir\, UN 
 WOMEN Regional Director for the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office S
 onia Seneviratne\, Climate scientist\, ETH Zurich Nouria Hernandez\, Recto
 r\, University of Lausanne Rik Van de Walle\, Rector\, Ghent University &
  President of CESAER Ferruccio Resta\, Rector\, Politecnico di Milano Ker
 stin Krieglstein\, Rector\, University of Freiburg  Gabriele Siegert\, Vi
 ce President\, University of Zurich  Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir\, Vice
 -Rector\, University of Iceland Mamokgethi Phakeng\, Vice-Chancellor\, 
 University of Cape Town  Andrea Schenker-Wicki\, President\, University o
 f Basel Prof. Mª Vicenta Mestre\, Rector\, University of Valencia  Zehr
 a Sayers\, Former Rector\, Sabanci University\nPROGRAM & REGISTRATIONS\n\
 nIn this conference\, the complexities that leaders navigate in change pro
 cesses will be explored\, and the influence of international crises such a
 s climate change and pandemics in mediating the structural changes for ach
 ieving gender equality in academia will be shared through keynotes\, panel
  discussions\, and interactive workshops. EWORA cordially invites women in
  leadership positions at universities and research organizations\, gender 
 experts\, and members of higher education networks to join this conference
 .\n \n“Change is a challenging process\, which involves the interplay o
 f many agents”. Moreover\, academic working environments have their own
  organizational cultures and structures\, which differ extensively even wi
 thin themselves” (Saglamer et al\, 2016). This conference specifically a
 ims to discuss leadership in academia since university leaders must respon
 d at different time scales in times of crises: more long-term in the case 
 of climate change and extremely suddenly during a pandemic. Accordingly\, 
 McRoy and Gibbs (2009) assert that “just as change is complex\, so is th
 e act of leadership\, which requires those who aspire to lead to be able t
 o communicate the desired vision\, model the roles that will lead to effec
 tive implementation\, and possess the managerial skills to deal with aspec
 ts of change”.\n \nMost recently\, the Higher Education and Research ar
 ea in Europe and worldwide have been faced with a sudden crisis that creat
 ed a strong impact on all the actions and activities of the universities d
 ue to the Covid-19 pandemic. University leaders have had to take rapid dec
 isions to re-shape the educational and research activities in their univer
 sities and “to coordinate such a massive effort as closing entire educat
 ion systems” (World Bank Policy Paper\, 2020). The difficulties that lea
 ders mostly faced\, the strategies they developed to handle the challenges
  that occurred in this period will be one of the important sub-themes to b
 e explored in this conference. Accordingly\, how this change process alrea
 dy triggered by the pandemic will be transformed in post-coronavirus socie
 ty will be one another question to be discussed at the 7th EWORA Conferen
 ce. As stated by Kandri (2020)\, “we can expect a different kind of educ
 ational model to emerge from COVID-19”.\n \nOn the other hand\, global 
 warming has been one of the most urgent and foremost crises in recent year
 s\, where the higher education sector has been mobilized to act rapidly an
 d contribute to research and teaching on climate change\, as well as outre
 ach and political action.  According to the report of Second Nature\, “
 climate change poses serious threats to human civilization\, yet it offers
  opportunities to create a better future. Colleges and universities face c
 lear and growing risks from climate disruption\, and it is critical that p
 residents\, trustees\, and those with fiduciary responsibility for these i
 nstitutions be aware of these risks”. These global challenges bring very
  important side effects together with them\, such as economic crises\, sho
 rtage of food\, water and energy that breaks the supply chain and multipli
 es the dimension of problems that have to be considered in advance to save
  lives and societies.\n\n\nThe 7th EWORA Conference will further question
  the extent to which the complexity in change processes impacts leadership
  and explores how these complexities interact with advancing gender equali
 ty in academia. The forces of change require prompt decisions and actions 
 in the highly competitive Higher Education and Research area.  Conflictin
 g demands and the necessity for rapid responses can create challenging sit
 uations for decision-makers\, where they may be required to choose between
  conflicting priorities.  On the other hand\, as the main objective of EW
 ORA is to advance gender equality in leadership\, this conference will que
 stion how gender equality can be incorporated in decision- making processe
 s especially during the times of dynamic global change. For instance\, the
  gendered consequences of COVID-19 is a significant issue that has been hi
 ghlighted frequently during the pandemic. Therefore\, how has this crisis 
 influenced women academics differently when compared to their male counter
 parts or why “gender” matters in climate change are other subjects to 
 be examined. Within this regard\, the results of the EWORA Survey “Putti
 ng a Gender Perspective to COVID 19 & Higher Education” with women leade
 rs of academia will be also shared with the audience.\n\n\nThis conference
  will empower established leaders and inspire young leaders\, who will lea
 rn the strategies that senior women leaders apply while dealing with compl
 exities such as the pandemic or climate change that has been affecting edu
 cational systems worldwide.
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