Prof. Germán Toro Pérez, Chair of the Research Dossier Committee, considers the important developments and issues during the past year and the role of the Research Dossier Committee.
Our University is on the move. In addition to the pandemic, the year 2020 focused on developing new models in teaching, research and at the staff level. These processes will very much occupy us in the coming years.
The vitality and diversity of research are plainly evident amid these dynamics. Their contribution is important. Just as important, however, is the autonomy of the arts. The key task is to promote both appropriately in teaching, respecting their differences and affording them the scope they need to flourish.
ZHdK research has undergone a remarkable development since the University was established in 2007. But the Swiss funding landscape has also become significantly more competitive in the meantime.
- How do we manage to more clearly recognise, address and make visible the pressing questions of our time through art, design and educational practice?
- How can we exploit our cooperation potential?
- How can we help others grasp and experience our research?
This is how the impact of our work will be measured.
Since its reconstitution in autumn 2020, the Research Dossier Committee has supported these processes and discussed these issues in its role as an advisory body. Most importantly, its work rests on exchanging ideas and information across ZHdK, in particular with researchers.
May 2021