Conference
Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2025
- Date
- Monday 16 June 2025
- Time
- Address
- PLNT, Langegracht 70, Leiden
Ahead of the times: Building the future of research support
Join us at the fifth Leiden Research Support Network Conference where we'll delve into critical topics shaping the future of research support professionals.
Registration is now open!
RegisterWhat to expect?
Take part in a variety of thematic interactive workshops and meet your research support colleagues working in the different faculties of Leiden University and LUMC.
Highlight: A keynote by Andreja Zulim de Swarte (UMC Utrecht / RM Roadmap Ambassador for the Netherlands) on the ‘RM Roadmap Project: The future of research management in Europe.’
We will end the day with networking drinks.
Programme
- Effective use of AI (LLMs) across the research project grant lifecycle
- Roadmap of a research project data and project cycle
- Inter- and transdisciplinary research project set-ups
- Survival kit for project management
- People management in large collaborative research projects
- Sensitive collaborations and open science
The detailed programme and information on all sessions will be shared in May.
Let's strenghten our professional network together!
The RM Roadmap: Unlocking teams & talents in the research management profession
Behind every successful research project stands a team. Not just of researchers, but of professionals who make excellence and impact possible. Who are these key players? What do they need to thrive? And how do we ensure their unique talents are recognised, valued, and retained in our academic institutions?
Andreja Zulim de Swarte, RM ROADMAP Ambassador for the Netherlands, will share some key insights on the future of research management in Europe. She will highlight EU-funded projects like RM ROADMAP and CARDEA, and reflect on the wider movement shaping the profession. We will touch on emerging frameworks such as RM COMP, and explore how national networks, competence frameworks, and co-creation efforts are paving the way for clearer career paths.
And most importantly, we will ask: what role can you play in this transformation? How can we together strengthen the research support ecosystem locally, nationally, and across Europe?
Andreja Zulim de Swarte is the RM ROADMAP Ambassador for the Netherlands and chairs the ROADMAP NL Working Group within ARMA-NL. In these roles, she supports the national dialogue on the recognition and professionalisation of research management, helping to connect Dutch stakeholders with broader European developments.
As EU Liaison Officer at UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University Life sciences strategic themeshe focuses on EU research policy, funding strategies, and building connections with Brussels-based networks and institutions. Her work involves close collaboration with national and international partners, including NFU, UNL, LERU, Coimbra Group, and EARMA.
Andreja is involved in several working groups and advisory boards related to Horizon Europe, and contributes to the advancement of research support through community building and strategic alignment between institutions and EU-level initiatives.
With her deep understanding of EU ecosystems and commitment to collaboration, Andreja empowers research managers to act as strategic enablers in an increasingly complex and interconnected research and innovation environment.
Who’s organising this event?
This event is organised by the Leiden Research Support Network. The network is for all research support professionals working at Leiden University. Within the network, research support professionals from different domains exchange knowledge and experiences, and work together to answer (complex) questions from researchers. Questions? Please contact: lrs@bb.leidenuniv.nl.
