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The European Charter for Researchers

HR in Research

˷ͧƻ received the HR Excellence in Research award in December 2019. Our aim is to strengthen the quality of our research, boost researchers' careers and make our research communities more competitive.

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To improve our HR policy for researchers, ˷ͧƻ is continously working to implement the principles of "", adopted by the European Commission.

The European Charter for Researchers (previous Charter & Code) is a set of principles underpinning the development of attractive research careers to support excellence in research and innovation across Europe. The focus of the Charter for Researchers is the rights and responsibilities of researchers, employers, funders and policy makers consisting of 20 key principles. These are classified under the following four pillars:

  1. Ethics, Integrity, Gender and Open Science
  2. Researchers Assessment, Recruitment and Progression
  3. Working Conditions and Practices
  4. Research Careers and Talent Development

Project Group and Working groups

Project group

Working group 1 (pillar 1):

Working group 2 (pillar 2):

Working group 3 (pillar 3):

Working group 4 (pillar 4):

Award renewal phase 2025

Renewal of the Action plan (2025-2028)

Early spring 2024, the University Board was informed of the work preparing for Award renewal (). A new Steering Group, Project Group and four Working Groups were appointed to follow up on the HR Excellence in Research work, to ensure the best possible basis for the preparation of the next phase. From the reviced Action Plan 2021 only 1 action remain to be completed.A list of potential new actions was developed by the four Working Groups. This is a result of relevant status descriptions and feedback from the Working Groups in meetings mapping potential future needs. The actions were prioritized by the Project Group and have been presented for the , the University Research Committee(March 5th, 2025) and .

The revised was sent to the EU Commission in April 2025.

OTM-R status at ˷ͧƻ 2025

An updated OTM-R checklist can be found at this . More information and OTM-R relevant documents are available at the web page: Open, transparent and merit-based recruitment of Researchers

Survey on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality at ˷ͧƻ (2024)

The NORCE Research Institute has been commissioned by ˷ͧƻ to conduct a survey among all employees regarding diversity, equality, and inclusion this week.

The survey is part of theand will provide a foundational basis for developing targeted measures in the forthcoming action plan. The survey will be followed by focus group interviews with broad representation from both employees and students at ˷ͧƻ.

The survey has been developed by NORCE in collaboration with the project "Mangfoldige ˷ͧƻ - Ingen utenfor" (a project with the aim of building down barriers for participation in higher education), and the HR department.

New Action plan for Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity (2023)

An for 2023-2025 has been developed.

Implementation Phase 2019-2022

Revised Action Plan (2021)

The preparations for Interim Assesment (Internal Review) were , based on the work to implement the action plan (Letter 2020) and the Steering Group's .

The was submitted to the EU Commission in January 2022.

Application Phase 2018-2019

on applying for the "HR Excellence in Research" award.

Gap Analysis, OTMR check list and Action Plan (2019)

Report

provides information on the principles, procedures and measures to improve R&D staff's working conditions.

Survey

Workshops 2018

The protocols and reports from the workshops can be found here.

OTM-R

˷ͧƻ rules and regulations for recruitment and selection adhere to national legislation, the “Charter for Researchers” and OTM-R principles, ensuring an open, transparent and merit-based process. For more information see: link

    Schedule

    Autumn 2025Site visit (date tbd)
    April 2025Sumission deadline, renewal
    March 2025Updating OTM-R Checklist
    2024-2025Status & updating Action Plan
    Spring 2024Renewal Steering Group and Project Group/Working Groups
    2022-2025ImplementationAction Plan andEC Concensus Report
    Autumn 2021Internal Review/Interim Assessment, including renewal of Action Plan
    2020-2021Implementation
    December 2019HR Excellence in Research status awarded
    Autumn 2019Applyfor the HR Excellence in Research award and implementing Charter & Code
    Spring 2019Action Plan for implementing Charter & Code
    Spring 2018Gap Analysisand Workshops
    Autumn 2017˷ͧƻ decided to use the "strengthened" affiliation process for C&C
    Spring 2017Established a central project organisation