AUTHOR=Müller Ursula , Toczyski Piotr , Regös Nora , Pliszczynska Olga , Jankovics Réka 

TITLE=Professionalization of science management—Comparing formal education and training across Germany, Poland, and Hungary

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.886173

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2022.886173

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=The goal of this article is to (1) find a common working definition of “science management”, to (2) systematically compare study programs, short courses and workshop in Germany, Poland and Hungary and to (2) draw conclusions on their impact on the professionalization of science managers in the respective countries. In Germany, according to the broad definition of science management, there are plenty of offerings in terms of specialized study programs and short courses. In Poland and Hungary there is still not much momentum to the process of professionalization, although first efforts are made. As the background the authors mention the ERA-Fellowship program from the BMBF (which was how the authors of this article met), certainly one starting point to increase the skills of professionals throughout Germany and especially young EU-fellows from Central and Eastern European countries, strengthens the European Research Area (ERA) and Europe’s competitiveness in general.