General Assembly Agenda – 10 December 2025

CoARA General Assembly
10 December 2025

9:30 – 12:35 CET

Agenda

Zoom Meeting:

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General Assembly 10 December 2025 Full Agenda:

 

 

 

Time: Activity: Speaker and related documents:
9:30 Opening of the Meeting and Welcome Prof. Henk Kummeling,

CoARA Chair
9:35 Activity Report & updates on the CoARA voluntary sponsorship campaign Matthias Girod,

CoARA Programme Manger
10:00 CoARA Steering Board Members Elections (incl. Vice Chair)

**Vote**

Dr. Karen Stroobants,

CoARA Vice Chair
10:15 Future update of the CoARA Steering Board Rules of Procedure to take effect in 2026

Updates to the Rules of Procedure to take effect in 2026, ensuring a knowledge transfer period for onboarding new member of the Steering Board, as well as harmonising lengths of documents.

**Vote**

 Prof. Henk Kummeling,

CoARA Chair
10:25 Coffee Break Coffee Break (10 mins)
10:35 VOTING WINDOW CLOSES
10:35 Update on Action Plans Prof. Stanislaw Kistryn

CoARA Steering Board member
10:45 Showcasing Working Groups' Outputs

  • Working Group TIER - Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research - Prof. Silvia Penati (University of Milano-Bicocca) - (10 min)
  • Working Group RMI - Responsible Metrics and Indicators - Prof. Davide Crepaldi (University of Pavia) - (10 min)
 Chaired by:

Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, CoARA Vice Chair
11:05 Highlights from National Chapters

  • Dr. Maria Blanco-Palencia (ANECA), Spanish National Chapter (10 mins)
  • Krisztina Szepesvari (HUN-REN), Hungarian National Chapter (10 mins)  
 Chaired by:

Dr. Karen Stroobants, CoARA Vice Chair
11:25 Highlights from Cascade Funding Beneficiaries

  • Dr. Julie Northam (Health Science University) - (10 min)
  • Andreas Raggautz (University of Graz) - (10 min)
 Chaired by:

Dr. Karen Stroobants, CoARA Vice Chair
11:45 CoARA's impact in national and European contexts: spotlight on university rankings

  • Guest presenter: Prof. Sioux McKenna – Rhode University (10 mins)
  • Guest presenters: Prof. Bernold Hasenknopf and Ms. Anne-Catherine Fritzinger - Sorbonne University (10 mins)
  • Reflections from panellists (5 min. each): Dr. Erica Conte of the new WG TURN - Thinking Critically about University Rankings Network and Mrs. Ritva Dammert (University of Helsinki)  
  • Q&A session - (10 mins)
 Chaired by:

Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, CoARA Vice Chair
12:25 Voting results announcement, wrap-up and conclusions Prof. Henk Kummeling,

CoARA Chair
12:35 End of the General Assembly