ICARUS meeting
Ljubljana, Slovenia
September 28-29, 2012
The idea to establish ICARUS – International Consortium
for Administration Research and University Studies – as a consortium of 7
universities and NISPAcee emerged in early 2012. At the NISPAcee conference in
Ohrid, Macedonia in May 2012, the first version of the Memorandum of
Understanding, in order to facilitate international academic exchange, develop
academic and scientific relationships, and support collaborative research
activities was signed.
Last weekend (September 28-29, 2012), the consortium met
for the first time in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Representatives from all consortium
members participated in this meeting - Radboud University Nijmegen, Varna Free
University, Corvinus University of Budapest, University of Ljubljana, Tallinn University of
Technology, Babes Bolyai University, The Florida International University Board
of Trustees and NISPAcee.
During the meeting the consortium members discussed
possible areas for future cooperation – collaboration on further development
and execution of master programmes (exchange of visiting professors, exchange
of students, external examination of students’ assignments etc....), research
related cooperation, activities and projects, possible funding schemes and
financial support, administrative framework and support. Initial ideas for
several joint activities, courses and projects were developed. The working
teams will continue to work on these ideas in the coming months.
The next consortium meeting will take place next May at
the NISPAcee conference in Belgrade, Serbia.