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Nanjing Conference 2008
International Research Collaboration:
Innovation at the UdeM
Luc Vinet
Rector
Internationalization of Research
• In a globalized world,
internationalization is key for
universities to successfully carry out
their mission
• Hence for research intensive
universities, internationalization of
research is essential
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Internationalization of Research
WHY ?
• Global issues require global solutions:
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World economy
Climate change
Epidemics
Poverty
Security and peace, etc.
Regional input on these issues
required as well as piecing
collaboratively local elements of global
questions
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Internationalization of Research
WHY ?
• Knowledge knows no boundary :
Teaming up the best researchers
worldwide towards biggest impact
• Share expensive platforms
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Internationalization of Research
WHY ?
• Enrich approach from diversity
• North/South partnerships
• « Knowledge Diplomacy »
– International mobility of researchers
– Fostering international entrepreneurship
and ventures
• Insert research students in international
networks
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Internationalization of Research
Rapid growth:
• OECD: since 1985, co-authored
scientific articles have tripled
• 25% of articles are international
• In Canada, 40% are international
• In Canada, publications with emerging
countries have doubled
• Accelerated internationalization of
industrial R&D
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Internationalization of Research
New players on the global scientific scene
•USA
•Japan
•United Kingdom
•Germany
•China
•France
•Canada
•Australia
•South Korea
•India
Rank in 1995
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Production of articles in science and engineering
Source : NSF – Science and Engineering Indicators
Rank in 2005
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Internationalization of Research
Internationalization of Research at the UdeM
2002-2007
1996-2001
1990-1995
1989-1994
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% of « international » publications
by UdeM researchers
Source : ISI – Web of knowledge
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Internationalization of Research
UdeM’s Main international Partners
USA
France
UK
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
China
Russia
Norway
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% of co-published articles
by country of collaboration
Publications from 2002 to 2007
Source : ISI – Web of knowledge
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Internationalization of Research
UdeM’s Main international Partners
U. Harvard
CNRS
INSERM
U. Cath. Louvain
U. Texas
Johns Hopkins
U. Strasbourg
U. Aix-Marseille
U. libre Bruxelles
MIT
U. Paris 6
U. Lyon 2
U. Chicago
U. California /SF
U. Glasgow
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Reseach Collaboration Intensity
(Harvard = 100)
Sources : ISI Web of knowledge et UdeM data
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
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Review approaches to initiate, develop
and support international research
collaborations
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Use some of UdeM initiatives as
examples
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The University of
Montreal
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Key Features of UdeM
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One of top Canadian universities
56,000 students – 2nd largest enrolment
Very comprehensive, broad health sector –
3rd largest faculty of medicine in North America
Largest number of PhD conferred in Canada last
year
French main language, also offers trilingual
programs (French, English, Spanish) – Brings
diversity in North-American context
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
1.Facilitating Connections with Researchers:
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Organization of seminars, workshops, conferences ex.
UdeM – Sorbonne annual seminar
Country-focused research chairs, ex. Chair on
Contemporary Mexico
International visitors programs at institutes and research
centers, ex. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM),
Montreal Geriatric University Institute (IUGM)
International exchange programs, ex. Fulbright Fellows
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
2. Joint International Efforts:
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International joint laboratories, ex. INSERM
International consortia, ex. Public Population
Project in Genomics (P3G), CERN
North-South collaborations, ex. Population and
Health in Africa Program
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G):
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Non-for-profit international consortium to
promote collaboration between researchers in
the field of population genomics
Development and management of a
multidisciplinary infrastructure for comparing
and merging results from population genomic
studies
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G):
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Founding Charter members :
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CARTaGENE (Quebec, Canada)
Estonian Genome Project (Estonia)
GenomEUtwin (involving 8 countries)
P³G Charter members :
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ALSPAC (UK)
Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR, Manchester, UK)
Danubian Biobank Foundation (involving 6 countries in central Europe)
Generation Scotland (UK)
INMEGEN (Mexico)
INSERM
KORA-Gen (Germany)
LifeGene (Sweden)
LifeLines Cohort (Nethrlands)
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH, USA)
Ontario Cohort Consortium (Canada)
Singapore Tissue Network
Taiwan Biobank Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
UK BioBank (UK)
Western Australian Genetic Health Project (WAGHP, Australia)
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
2. Joint International Efforts:
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International joint laboratories, ex. INSERM
International consortia, ex. Public Population
Project in Genomics (P3G), CERN
North-South collaborations, ex. Population and
Health in Africa Program
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
Population and Health in Africa Program:
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Solidarity contracts with the universities of Burkina Faso*:
– to reinforce the human capacity of the sub-Saharan
region through the development of a professional MSc
program in population and health in Ouagadougou, a
series of training seminars for current leaders and
specialists in the region, and 17 PhD fellowships for
Africans in population and health at Université de
Montréal;
– to create a regional population and health leadership
center at Ouagadougou, by reinforcing the training and
research capacities of ISSP (Institut Supérieur des
Sciences de la Population).
* Project supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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3. International Issues and Collaborations:
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Institutes on global issues, ex. Biodiversity
Research Institute
Collaboration with institutes of international
organizations, ex. UNESCO Social Statistics
Institute
Collaboration within networks, ex. International
Forum of Public Universities (IFPU)
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
International Forum of Public Universities
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Inaugurated October 11, 2007
21 institutions from 20 countries, 2 associated members,
4 continents represented
Diverse but small enough
Promote the mission of public universities in an era of
globalization as represented by universities from diverse
regions, diverse cultures and languages
Brings together public universities that are recognized in
their country for the importance they give to research and
their contribution to the development of society
Headquarters at the Université de Montréal
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
International Forum of Public Universities
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Two-pronged approach to support the
internalization of research:
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Bottom-up: from individual research priorities within
network to common initiatives, using above
approaches
Top-down: identifying easy-entry research areas for all
universities within network, that capitalizes on
diversity as a fundamental feature
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
International Forum of Public Universities
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Member universities:
ARGENTINA: Universidad de Buenos Aires
BELGIUM: Brussels Free University
BRAZIL: Universidade de São Paulo
CANADA: Université de Montréal
CHILE: Universidad de Chile
CHINA: Peking University
CHINA: Nankai University
CZECH REPUBLIC: Univerzita Karlova v Praze
FRANCE: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III
GERMANY: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
INDIA: Jawaharlal Nehru University
ITALY: Università di Bologna
JAPAN: Nagoya University
MEXICO: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MOROCCO: Université Mohammed V – Agdal
ROMANIA: Universitatea din Bucuresti
RUSSIA: Lomonosov State Moscow University
SENEGAL: Université Cheikh Anta Diop
SPAIN: Universitat de Barcelona
SWITZERLAND: Université de Genève
UNITED STATES: University of California
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS :
BURKINA FASO: Université de Ouagadougou
HAITI: Université d'État d’Haïti
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
4. Alignment with integrated strategies for
international collaboration:
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Bilateral agreements: ex. Canada-China
Agreement for Scientific and Technological
Cooperation, Canada-California Strategic
Innovation Partnership
Multinational Financing Initiatives: ex. European
Research Space
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Canada-China Agreement for Scientific and
Technological Cooperation:
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Signed on January 16, 2007
Contribution from International Science and Technology
Partnerships Program (ISTPP) of $5.25M over 4 years
Main objectives:
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Joint scientific research and development projects
Organization of scientific seminars, conferences, symposia
and workshops, as well as participation of experts in those
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Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation
(Canadian University representative : UofM)
Past calls for proposals: Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
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Fostering Internationalization of Research
China Scholarship Council with UdeM:
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Since 2007, a number of bilateral agreements
signed promoting the exchange of students
supported by the CSC.
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The first cohort started 2008 : 6 doctoral
students
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Conclusion
Concrete steps to develop our international
links:
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Identify mutual research priorities, ex. presence
of research institutes in similar areas
Initiate collaboration (see models)
Involve graduate students as vectors of
collaboration
Use the available funding and advocate for
more
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Nanjing Conference 2008
International Research Collaboration:
Innovation at the UdeM
Luc Vinet
Rector