INORMS Governance

The INORMS network enables the officers of its member Associations to compare their national, international or regional issues, and to learn from each other. Each member Association has its own distinct remit, constitution, membership and geographical base, but all face similar issues. Through INORMS, member Associations are able to transfer training course structure and content, adopt comparable support mechanisms, jointly develop training materials, and jointly influence policy.

The INORMS Council provides leadership for the network. The Council is chaired by the President/Chair of the Association hosting the immediate past INORMS Congress currently the Chair of SARIMA. The Incoming Chair also provides Secretariat support for the Council over a two-year period. Broader membership of the Council is made up of the Chairs/Presidents of the Member Associations. The governance of the INORMS Council is underpinned by a set of Operating Principles which are reviewed annually by the Council.

The INORMS Council appointed a Working Group in September 2017 whose aims is to strengthen the value proposition of the network by progressing ideas and joint initiatives endorsed by the Council for the greater benefit of the network. The INORMS Working Group is governed by a set of Terms of Reference.

INORMS Council Members

 

CHAIR:

Emilia Afonso Nhalevilo

Prof Emilia has been involved in Research Management (RM) since 2008 when she was appointed Deputy Director and subsequently Director of a Research Center in Mozambique. Through the years, she has played diverse roles in RM as for example: President of the Mozambican Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; President of the African Association for the Study of Indigenous Knowledge System (AASIKS); Member of the executive committee of the Southern Africa Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE). She served three terms as SARIMA committee member two of which as Vice-President for the Africa Engagement portfolio. Emilia holds a PhD in Science Education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the UWC (South Africa) and a Fulbright researcher at the New York University (USA). She has been awarded a Doctor Honoris Cause by the Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil. Emilia is the Vice Chancellor of Pungue University, Mozambique, the first woman ever to occupy that position for a public University in Mozambique.

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

Prof. Makiko Takahashi

Prof. Makiko Takahashi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan, has been a Vice-Chair of RMAN-J since the association’s creation in 2014.

For the past twenty years, she has devoted herself to the promotion of academia-industry collaboration, technology transfer, and research strategy while working for Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, and RIKEN (two national universities and one national research Institute).

Through these experiences, she recognized the need for a research administrative function to strengthen research in Japanese universities. From 2008, she had actively explained the importance to the stakeholders, and this led to the establishment of the first Japanese skill standard and educational programs under the MEXT URA (University Research Administrator) promotion program. This work resulted in the subsequent creation of RMAN-J in 2014.

She has recently been appointed Executive Director of the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), and serves in various advisory roles in ministries and funding agencies, including MEXT, METI, NEDO, and JST. In addition, she is a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP). Dr. Takahashi aspires to establish skill standards and educational programs for the Japanese URA system.

Annedorte Vad

Annedorte Vad is President of the Danish association for Research Managers and Administrators DARMA. She has worked with RMA since the mid 1990’s. Her career started in a large-scale research project at the University of Copenhagen, since she became an Adviser in the Danish Ministry of Science where she was also a National Contact Point for the FP6 and FP7 programme. In 2007 Annedorte was headhunted by Copenhagen Business School to build the central research support she is now heading. Annedorte has vast experience of board work. She was on the first elected board of DARMA (from 2009 to 2013) and has been on the board of SRA International since 2014 where she has also been the President of the SRAI International Section. She was among the inaugural recipients of the INORMS award for excellence in Research Management Leadership in 2018.

Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden

Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden is cofounder and since November 2021 chair of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators the Netherlands (ARMA-NL), before that she was the secretary of the board. ARMA-NL is the official association originated in 2018 from the network EU-Project Managers in the Netherlands (EUPMAN), that started already in 2008.

ARMA-NL has the mission to support the professionalization of our members by offering a professional network, stimulate and provide professional development, knowledge sharing opportunities and representation, by and for its members.

Within the University Medical Centre Utrecht, Annemarie is a project advisor, policy staff member and senior project manager for complex (inter-)national funded collaborative research & innovation proposals and projects. Before, she worked at the EU project management team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. She started in 2009 as EU project manager at the UMC Utrecht. Prior, she worked in a neuroscience lab for ten years. Experienced with RIA, MSCA-ITN/DN, MSCA-COFUND, FET Open/Proactive/Flagships, EIC, E+, ERC and diverse national funding.

Carlos Graeff Teixeira

Carlos Graeff Teixeira is Professor at the Unit of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Studies, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil, since october 2019. He graduated as physician and got a PhD in Tropical Medicine, 1991, at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a Full Professor at Health Sciences School, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, for 27 years, and coordinator for promotion of interdisciplinarity (2011-2016) and Dean of Research at the Office of Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies. He is a founding member of Brazilian Research Administrators and Managers Association (2013) and Past-President (2013-2015). He is currently BRAMA’s Vice-President.

Dembo Kanteh

Dembo Kanteh is the current president of the West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA) and is keenly interested in development initiatives for Africa and more recently focused on research development.

He has been a member of the association since it pioneered and has also served as its Assistant General Secretary for over five years working dedicatedly to ensure the growth of the association and its vision. He also currently coordinates the MRC Unit The Gambia’s program of work within West Africa. This program aims to create collaborative scientific partnerships amongst research institutions, platforms for research and ensure the improved uptake of research outputs.

Prior to his current role Dembo worked in several managerial functions within the Medical Research Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The research support office was established to provide a central facility for the application and management processes for grants within the institution. Under his supervision the office saw significant expansion employing several project managers. Dembo provided the needed training and ensured that staff are adequately equipped to deal with the multi-disciplinary nature of research management.

Dembo holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and an MBA.

Dominique Michaud

Dominique Michaud is Director, Research Development in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Graduate Studies at Concordia University. Dominique has been active in research administration for over 30 years with prior appointments first as a research coordinator and then as a research advisor in humanities and social sciences at Universite du Quebec a Montreal before taking position at Concordia University in 2012. She is a Past President of ADARUQ, the Quebec Association of University Research Administrators, and the incoming President of the Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA).

Dr Ella Bingham

Ella Bingham is the current Chair of Finn-ARMA and the Head of Research Services at Aalto University, Finland. She leads a service unit of 60+ research service professionals who help Aalto University’s researcher community in e.g. applying and handling external research funding, library resources, research information systems, research data management, open science, research assessments, the tenure track of professors, multidisciplinary collaboration platforms, sustainability, national cooperation between universities, profiling of research, and so on.

She is also Executive Director of Foundation for Aalto University Science and Technology. Personally Ella is interested in science policy, research funding and science for policymaking. Her background is in statistical data analysis / data mining, artificial intelligence, and systems and operations research. She holds a Doctor of Science degree and a Title of Docent in computer science.

Hulda Proppé

Hulda Proppé is the chair of the IceARMA board. She is the director of research and head of research services at the School of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland. The research services are responsible for all national and international research grants at the school, from project idea to audit and impact, building up research infrastructure and developing and implementing strategy implementation in research support and management. Hulda represents Iceland in the Horizon Europe Programme Committee for Cluster 2 – Culture, creativity and inclusive societies and represented Iceland in the Horizon 2020 Programme Committee for Societal Challenge 6 – Europe in a chaning world: inclusive and reflective societies. Hulda holds a BA and an MA in Social Anthropology and has worked in research management and administration from 2011.

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson is Director of Research and Innovation Service at Northumbria University with responsibility for a wide range of research strategy, policy and support services including research grants and contracts, research systems, research quality and REF, researcher development, research policy, research funding and innovation. Jennifer previously worked as Head of Research Operations and Head of Research Performance and Governance at the University of Leeds for 10 years.

Jennifer is committed to the professionalisation and recognition of the research management and administration sector, and to improving the way in which we work together across the sector. Jennifer is a member of the Research Organisations and Councils Group (ROCG) and the Snowball Metrics project, and represents the Association of Research Managers and Administrators UK (ARMA UK) on a number of sector groups including the UUK/JISC Content Negotiation Strategy Group and JISCs UK PIDs (Persistent Identifiers) Group .

Jennifer has been on the ARMA UK Board of Directors since 2016 and was Director of Training & Development before undertaking a year as Chair Elect and then becoming Chair of the Association on 1st August 2020.

Meriel Flint-O’Kane

Meriel Flint-O’Kane is currently the Head of Business and Programme Delivery at the Association of Commonwealth Universities where she is responsible for the strategic direction, growth and high-quality delivery of ACU programmes including the DFID funded PEBL and CIRCLE programmes, the EU funded LEAP4FNSSA partnership and Waitrose funded Blue Charter fellowships.

Prior to joining the ACU Meriel held roles at Kings College London, leading the establishment and delivery of the GCRF funded PRECISE Network, and the UKRI Medical Research Council where she worked to develop and implement a wide range of the MRC’s strategic ODA funding partnerships for global health research and capacity strengthening initiatives across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Meriel is interested in the power of global partnerships to identify and achieve shared goals. Through her career she has had the privilege of working with a diverse range of colleagues from government, higher education, NGO and private sector organisations around the world to deliver programme, funding and research activities through developing strong collaborative relationships and shared understanding. She is currently studying for a DrPH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a focus on research capacity strengthening and has a BA in International Politics from the University of Leeds.

Dr MU Rongping

Dr. MU Rongping, the president of Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy, received his Ph.D degree from Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany. He is Professor of Institutes of Sciences and Development of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and director-general of CAS Center for Innovation and Development.

He is Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was director-general of Institute of Policy and Management of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIPM 2004-2014).

Dr. Mu is also the president of the China High-tech Industry Promotion Society, a member of Expert Committee on National Development Plan, a member of the Governing Board of International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the Auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC). He has involved in drafting policy documents concerning innovation capacity-building and strategic industry in China, and published more than 50 papers in peer-review.

Dr. Katrin Steinack

Katrin Steinack holds a doctorate in political science and has worked in research management and as research adviser for almost two decades. From 2006-2017 she supported research at the University of Kent in Canterbury in England and in Australia at Monash University and the University of Melbourne, where she led the respective research service team in two faculties. Since 2017, she is based at the University of Kassel in German, initially as head of the Research Service Office and, since 2022, heading the Research and Graduate Support Office. Since 2018, she contributes to the professionalization of research management in German-speaking countries within the German research and transfer management association FORTRAMA e.V. – since 2020 as co-chair of the association’s board. She has a strong background in setting up and developing highly skilled teams and efficient structures for research support and is a strong advocate for  best practice development and exchange beyond institutional and national boundaries

Dr Shaliza Ibrahim

Dr. Shaliza Ibrahim is President of the Malaysia Association of Research Managers and Administrators (MyRMA). She has over a decade of experience in research management, having held a number of positions at Universiti Malaya’s Institute of Research Management and Services, from Head of Research Grant Management Unit to Associate Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation).  A keen researcher in chemical engineering, she sees the importance of having professional research managers at every stage of the research journey.  She was director for the project on enhancing Malaysian Research Management and Governance, and MyRMA formation was one of the outcomes.  Her aspiration as founding president is to take research management in Malaysia to a professional level, and for MyRMA to be a role model in the South East Asian region.  As more resources are being invested for research and innovation, she is promoting awareness and understanding on research impact and qualitative assessment, full economic research costing, and sharing of research data through open science platforms.

Dr Tania Bezzobs

Dr. Tania Bezzobs is the current President of the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS). She is an experienced research management executive with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education/ research/ government sectors. Skilled in Collaborative Practice, Business Planning and Development, Management, Government, Regulatory & Compliance, Financial Management, Policy Development, Strategy Planning and Implementation. Dr. Bezzobs is also Director, Research Services, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

David Russell

David Russell took up post in March 2023 as the CEO of PraxisAuril, the UK’s professional association for knowledge exchange (KE) practitioners.  PraxisAuril works in partnership with universities, industry and funding bodies to support excellence in KE and Technology Transfer, aiming to maximize impact from UK research and knowledge-based activity in terms of public benefit and commercial returns for UK PLC.

Prior to his role at PraxisAuril, David was the founding CEO of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), the Government-backed professional body for Further Education in England, and latterly Executive in Residence at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School.  David is a qualified teacher by profession, and served 16 years in Whitehall under the New Labour and Coalition Governments leading on a wide range of national education reforms across schools, FE and HE.

 

Dipti Pandya

Dipti Pandya is the Chair of the European Association for Research Managers and Administrators, EARMA.  Dipti has been an active EARMA member since 2016 and was previously the Chair of the EARMA Policy and Representation Committee and elected Board member since 2022. Dipti is the EARMA representative for the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and EARMA member of ERA Action 17: Empowering the Research Management Profession.

 

Dipti is the Head of Pre-Award Research Funding at University College Dublin, Ireland leads the pre-award and contract teams. Dipti has been involved in all aspects of the research funding lifecycle as an Erasmus alumni, EC stagiaire, funded researcher, expert evaluator, National Delegate for SSH, EU Research Infrastructures Advisory Group member, Senior Research Manager and funder as Director of the Irish Research Council. Dipti is the Co-Chair of the UCD EDI Anti-Racism and Cultural Awareness sub-group, and Board member of Léargas.

 

Deanna Wilson

Deanna Wilson currently serves as the Executive Director for the National Organization of Research Development Professionals. Wilson has extensive experience working in not-for-profit and professional associations. With a focus on strategic planning, fundraising development, grant writing, marketing and communications, and management of membership programs, Wilson joined NORDP in July of 2023.

 

Gloria Greene

Gloria Greene, MA, CRA is the Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants, at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).  She has over 30+ years of contracting experience with Federal, Industry, and University.   Gloria is a Certified Contract Administrator and is an active member (since 2006) of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). Gloria currently serves on the SRAI Board of Directors-President  (2022); and several SRAI committees.  She is the co-founder and Past President of the SRAI Alabama/Mississippi Chapter (2011-12), President of the SRAI Southern Section (2017 and 2020). She continues to assist members of the profession by sharing her knowledge through collaborative presentations, articles, and volunteering on various committees.

 

Patrick Reurink

Patrick Reurink is the chairperson of NARMA – the Norwegian Association for Research Managers and Administrators for the period 2023-2025. Patrick is a Senior Adviser in the Division of Research, Innovation and External Relations at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, mainly working with international collaboration and research quality.

 

Kim Patten

Kim Patten is Associate Vice President for Research Development at the University of Arizona. She leads a team of research development professionals supporting faculty in their pursuit of extramural funding from federal, corporate, and foundation (through honors and awards) sponsors. Their work has resulted in more than $700 million in awards to the university since 2014. She advocates a holistic view of research development and the research lifecycle, emphasizing societal impacts of research (e.g., the incorporation and promotion of undergraduate research experiences, core community partnerships, and inclusive practices). Kim currently serves on the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) Board of Directors (Term 2022-2026). Before joining the University of Arizona, Kim managed national and international projects and programs in conservation, renewable energy, and distributed data systems. As associate director at the Arizona Geological Survey, she managed and worked with a $30 million research portfolio, including as co-principal investigator on a $3.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) project and project manager of a $22 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project. Prior to that, she helped develop the research portfolio of a science-based non-profit organization and secured its first NSF funding

Kris Monahan

Kris Monahan, Ph.D is the 2024 President of NCURA. Kris holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island in Education. She is the Sr. Director of Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance at Providence College located in Providence, RI USA.  Dr. Monahan is an author, frequent presenter, and proponent of the research adminsitration/management profession with a deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

 

Kate Harris

Kate Harris is a Senior Research Administrator (URA) in the School of Science at the University of Tokyo, where she aims to use her international experience to help create a global environment that meets the needs of Japanese and international students and researchers alike. Kate studied in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland before moving to Japan to do postdoctoral research in supramolecular chemistry. Thereafter, she moved into the field of research support, first working as a Senior Editor at an academic editing company that supports non-native English-speaking researchers, before taking up her current position in 2017. She represents the Research Manager and Administrator Network Japan (RMAN-J) on the INORMS Working Group and also served as the INORMS Secretariat from 2021 to 2023.

 

Ylva Hultman

Ylva Hultman is in the board of the Swedish Association of Research Managers and Administrators (SWARMA). She is working as a financial expert in EU funded projects and supports both researchers and financial managers on financial and compliance issues, from the early application stage to reporting, audits and close out of the project. She is Sweden´s ambassador for the EU funded project RMROADMAP, a project focused on Creating Framework Conditions for Research Management to Strengthen the European Research Area.

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