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presentation at the Budapest conference under the Hungarian Presidency of the experience of a Marie Curie fellow
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SHARING THE EXPERIENCE OF MOBILITY OF A MARIE CURIE RESEARCHER
Maria BOSTENARU DAN
Outline
Biography Family background on mobility
Stations of mobility Germany and Canada Marie Curie in Italy and reintegration
Role models Architecture and research
Conclusions
Biography
Universitatea de Arhitectura si Urbanism „Ion Mincu“
Current work place
Biography
Born 1974, Bucharest, Romania, Romanian citizen
My grandfather, mother‘s side (1902-1973) was ethnic German, I am member of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
My grandmother, mother‘s side (1909-1987) was born in Kiskunfélegyháza, today Hungary
My grandmother‘s brother and his family emigrated to Canada following the Hungarian revolution from 1956, after spending some time in Pisa, Italy
Revolution square
Bucharest, Romania
The place where Danube Swabians settled about 300 years ago
(house where my grandfather was born, typical vernacular construction)
Foieni, Romania
Town hall
(where an ancestor
worked as enginer)
Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary
Hungarian community in Montreal
Family
My grandmother went from Hungary to Romania
My grandmother‘s sister studied medicine as one of the first in Szeged, Hungary. She then became a cistercian nun.
My grandfather did a doctorate
Stations of my mobility
Stations of my mobility
Bucharest, Romania Karlsruhe, Germany Pavia, Italy Bucharest, Romania Montreal, Canada
Karlsruhe, Germany
Aerial view of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 TEMPUS scholarship (EU) to study August: research assistant
1997-1999 continuing studies until award of diploma (own funding) 1998 – student participant to building survey in
Myslakowice, Poland (DFG funding) 1998-1999 practice in Kramm-Strigl office,
Darmstadt 1999 -funding for work in sociology of architecture
1998-2002 involvment in student dormitory HaDiKo
The office (designed by Kramm et Strigl) for the practica
Prof. Kramm was also the head of the chair where I was student assistant and did my diploma
Darmstadt, Germany
Building survey
The country of Marie Curie
Myslakowice, Poland
HaDiKo, the student dormitory, where I took voluntary positions
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
2000-2001 student assistant DFG Project SFB 461 „Strong earthquakes“ (Germany-Romania cooperation)
2000-2003 scholarship in frame of the GK 450 „Natural Disasters“, interrupted with stay in Pavia (2002-2003)
Continued stay till 2005 (own funding) 2005-2006 Monthly travels from Pavia
(retaining room in student dormitory)
Institut für Technologie und Management im Baubetrieb
(former Institute für Maschinenwesen im Baubetrieb)
Work place in Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
Research on the economics of seismic retrofit measures Interdisciplinary Research Training Network Cooperation of the GK/SFB and thus Romania
Member of the editorial board of the „World Housing Encyclopedia“
Member of the advisory board of the Marie Curie Fellows Association (2003)
The doctorate never came to a defense It would have been the first doctorate of a woman at the
Institute of Technology and Management in Construction in 40 years (now nearly 50; none was done since either)
The test site of the institute, shortly before going first to Pavia
Karlsruhe, Germany
Pavia, Italy
Certosa di Pavia
Pavia, Italy
2002-2003 (6 months) Marie Curie early stage training site stay at the ROSE School (European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk – name changed today)
2005-2007 (2 years) Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (experienced researcher) at the same institution (2004 competition) (report accepted) It was possible to apply without a doctorate, so
the research career was continued
ROSE School
c/o EUCENTRE
Work place in Pavia, Italy
Pavia, Italy
Research on historic reinforced concrete buildings in seismic areas: Romania, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Portugal
High specialisation in earthquakes The research centre in Italy belongs to
one of the best in the world. Article in ScienceCareers
The field is male dominated, one of the two women involved in the teaching body had a TMR (FP5 mobility)
Historic reinforced concrete buildings
Subject of the research
Germany - Italy
The former institution in Germany and the host institution in Italy did not know of each other before embarking the fellowship, but now have common projects (Global Earthquake Model), masters, and also another researcher moved from Karlsruhe to Pavia to do a masters
The current contact of the fellow with the former host institution is informal
There is contact with another researcher from Italy for doing together a book
Italy
Also the World Housing Encyclopedia, to which I did voluntary work since 2001 when I was in Germany (writing reports on Germany, Switzerland and Romania) is now closely cooperating with the host institution in Pavia. Inclusion in the project is, however, pending since the begin of the year …
Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest, Romania
1980-1992 attending school and lyceum 1992-1997 attending the „Ion Mincu“
University of Architecture and Urbanism Ranked #2 at the admission exam „merit“ scholarship in 1996-1997 1994 Cross School Project with Regensburg,
Germany Study takes 6 years, colleagues graduated
in 1998 TEMPUS scholarship in Karlsruhe 1996
Bucharest, Romania
Returned in 2007 2007-2010 Marie Curie Reintegration Grant at
Foundation ERGOROM ´99 (report accepted) 2007-2010 collaborator (voluntary) at a project
of the University of Bucharest on seismic vulnerability
2007-2008 collaborator, since 2008 employed permanentely at the „Ion Mincu“ University of Architecture and Urbanism, Restoration chair
Representant for Romania in the COST action TU0801, on 3D city models, since 2009
Bucharest, Romania
2008 started a doctorate on the topic of historic reinforced concrete constructions in Romania and Italy (envisaged to be finished 2012)
2009-2010 co-teaching the course of „Risks“, based on the multiyear experience in the field, with the doctorate supervisor
The reintegration grant gave the possibility of returning to the initial field of architecture
2011 member of the administrative board of the Marie Curie Fellows Association
Bucharest, Romania
Employment in Romania is as „researcher“, which is a rare position, and not so esteemed as teaching positions
For employment, went to the university where she started studying
There are hopes that research experience will be more appreciated with the new university law of Dr. Daniel Funeriu, the Science Minister, a former Marie Curie Fellow (FP6 Excellence Grant in Germany)
If I would have had a doctorate, with my publication record I would have been one of the few eligible for principal investigator of projects after the new law
Women are promoted in Romania
Current work place (university)
Centrul de Studii Arhitecturale si Urbane
Current work place (research centre)
Romania - Italy
Contacts between Romania and Italy are multiple, but don‘t have to do with my stay there
Plans to do a Short Term Scientific Mission at Politecnico di Milano
Montreal, Canada
EXPO 1967
Montreal, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Support grant of the Canadian Centre for Architecture June-July 2010 Research on archive photography of disasters Research on the Rudolph Fränkel archive Study trips on Dan Hanganu architecture
A book project on archive photography of disasters is approved at Springer and 3 articles published or accepted
A further book on Fränkel should be done in Romania
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Support Grant site
Azores, 10 years after the 1998 earthquake
Own photo of ruins after disasters
„built“ ruin
CCA garden
Covering with vegetation as in the Azores case
CCA garden
Hungary
Hungary
Applied in 2011 for second citizenship, according to the new law
Role models
Role models
When in Karlsruhe, did a research work for project management on leadership figures in fairy tales, with accent on women
There were a couple of architects and researchers following the same path (countrywise)
Germany - Romania
Germany < > Romania
Art historian Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcas went for research from Romania to Germany Project in Romania on his archive
http://www.uauim.ro/en/chairs/history_theory_and_heritage_conservation/archives/tzigara-samurcas/
Rudolf Fränkel came to practice architecture from Germany to Romania Current project on his architecture in
Bucharest, following archive research in Canada
View from the vernisage of the exhibition
Tzigara Samurcas archive
Rudolph Fränkel archive at the CCA
Rudolf Fränkel, German architect who emigrated to Romania, UK, USA
Adriatica building
Italy-Romania
Italy < > Romania
Virginia Haret went to learn to practice and do research to Rome in the early 20th century
Later on the Romanian School in Rome was established
Nicolae Cucu, Nicolae Lupu, Richard Bordenache completed research stages there before going into practice in Romania
Grigore Ionescu went to a research career in Romania afterwards
Italy < > Romania
József Vágo, architect from Oradea emigrated, following the Hungarian Revoulution after the First World War, to France after spending in between about 6 years in Rome
A Romanian woman who did research in Italy at the begin of the century
Work of Virginia Haret, the first woman architect
József Vágo in Budapest and Oradea
Canada - Romania
Romania > Canada
Already mentioned research on the Rudolph Fränkel archive, at the CCA
Romania-born architect of Greek origin Iannis Xenakis emigrated to France. His main work were „polytopes“, one of them being in the French pavilion at the Expo 1967. During the stay at the CCA there was an exhibition on Xenakis
Romania educated architect Dan Hanganu is a well known practicing architect and professor in Montreal. He is regular guest at various events in Romania
Rudolph Fränkel archive at the CCA
Rudolf Fränkel, German architect who emigrated to Romania, UK, USA
Adriatica building
Iannis Xenakis, ethic Greek architect from Romania, who emmigrated to France
French pavillion, host for the „polytope“ of Xenakis
Dan Hanganu architecture in Montreal
Conclusions (1)
I went only to countries where a family link existed. Learning the language in a mobility endeavour is the
easiest thing. Difficult is to adapt to the cultural differences. Mobility, however, helps learning languages
In Germany it was easier to adapt to the culture because some habits I already had from the education of my grandparents (punctuality, cooking habits etc)
In Montreal I had relatives In Italy in 2002-2003 it was easy to make friends,
because I was integrated with other masters and doctoral researchers who were there on limited time. As visiting experienced researcher it wasn‘t possible
Conclusions (2)
In my experience integrating in the student dormitory went better than integrating among the work colleagues, because of the voluntary component of working in a student association
Voluntary work brings more contacts which might help you in the future career than conference contacts
There should be more accent on involvment in (professional) associations (ex. scientific committees) than in conference attendance, also in recognition
Marie Curie individual fellowships, and other individual national fellowships from abroad should be recognised as eligible to join a COST action in order to be included in a network
Conclusions (3)
Marie Curie Fellowship have the far best funding for conference attendance, but it is a double issue here: The short duration of the fellowship does not allow
for doing both research and the lengthy process of publishing in a journal or a book chapter
It may lead to a tendency to publish in conference proceedings I became aware of only later. I finished books started during a funding at the time of the next funding, but the journal papers were published when there was no funding left …
There should be more accent in MC fellowships in having peer reviewed journal publications in international databases, ISI proceedings and so on
Conclusions (4)
The expectations in Germany were that I return to Romania and help improving the level in the country, but there was no support. The cooperation programme with Romania has been no starting point.
After the Marie Curie Fellowship in Italy there was a reintegration grant. The reintegration grant stimulates return as you have something to start from. In my case it was a return to the initial field of architecture, and is now focusing on personalities (also the role models) However, perspectives for advancement in the job are given by the multiyear experience in natural disasters (including new enrolment to doctorate)
There are problems in implementation of Marie Curie fellowships because the fellow is at the good will of the host institution, who receives the money and applies the contract the way it is easiest for the institution, not best for the fellow.
Conclusions (5)
Marie Curie Fellowships are not so known as national funding programmes. As Marie Curie Fellow one is treated as „visiting researcher“, what does not happen with national, not mobility directed, programmes (even if temporary)
There are many kinds of Marie Curie Fellowships and the host institutions tend not to distinguish between them.
The host for the Marie Curie fellowship was in a highly specialised field, and concentration to a single project did not help multidisciplinarity and openness to different subjects to be developed in future projects, as it was in case of working simultaneously on more projects, if the legislation would have allowed
Conclusions (6)
In case of the reintegration grant, which is a foundation, little knowledge in Romania about what a Marie Curie fellowship is leads to the missunderstanding that the foundation finances it, and not the EC The Marie Curie certificates from side of the EC
for individual fellowships should be reintroduced
The peer review experience should be appreciated and the fellows encouraged to become reviewers for FP7 projects to keep contact with the EC
Thank you!