Survey 4: Survey on individual PhD research necessities and attitudes

EC2U Survey on Research and Innovation Needs

The RI4C2 team of the University of Salamanca invites you to participate in the “EC2U Survey on R&I Needs”. The survey is part of the project ‘Research & Innovation for Cities & Citizens (RI4C2)’, a joint project of the member universities of the EC2U Alliance (universities of Coimbra, Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iași, Friedrich Schiller Jena, Pavia, Poitiers, Salamanca and Turku). The overall objective of the RI4C2 project is to strengthen collaboration and knowledge circulation in research and innovation within the EC2U Alliance and, finally, to create a shared Pan-European Knowledge Ecosystem. The RI4C2 project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement 101035803.

The survey targets the seven EC2U university communities, the seven city and regional administrations, all EC2U associated partners and a selection of other economic and social stakeholders. The survey has two main aims:

1. To identifying priority interdisciplinary R&I activities that should be carried out inside the three existing EC2U Virtual Institutes (VI for Health and Well-Being, VI for Quality Education - Language and Cultural Diversity, VI for Sustainable Cities and Communities. 
2. To identify the main research topics of the new EC2U virtual institutes that will be created next year.

General instructions for filling in the survey and information for participants

Please read the following information sheet and the data protection statement before proceeding to fill in the survey. 
The survey contains up to five types of questions:

• Part A: (1) Position of the respondent; (2) age, gender, field of research, degree when relevant
• Part B: (1) involvement of the university community, political and socioeconomic stakeholders and the general public in determining research policy priorities; (2) identifying relevant fields of research for the future EC2U Virtual Research Institutes
• Part C: (1) Attitudes and perceptions on research policy making
• Part D (when present): (1) Do we need to create joint research infrastructures?
• Part E: Open-ended question

Participation in the survey will take around 10–15 minutes. The survey is open until 30 June 2022.

Participation in this survey is entirely voluntary and anonymous. You may decline to participate or withdraw from the survey without providing an explanation at any time. If you decide to withdraw from the survey, your data will be destroyed completely, and it will not be used in the project. 
The anonymous data collected in this study will be used (1) to identify priority interdisciplinary R&I activities that should be carried out inside the three existing EC2U Virtual Institutes, (2) to identify the main research topics of the new EC2U virtual institutes that will be created next year and (3) to identify attitudes and perceptions on research policy making. You will help us to develop a common EC2U R&I agenda.
Publications will include policy briefs and possibly a papers or a book on research and innovation priorities within the EC2U University Alliance. We may use anonymised answers in project outputs. We do not expect the participation to cause any risks to the participants.