Topic 2012: Bridging Gaps in the Mediterranean Research Space
Recent pressures to expand higher education and the current economic crisis have also led to a significant decrease in the quality of education and research in universities, and there is an apparent lack of coordination between universities, colleges, and other technical training establishments. As a result, while the number of graduates from the different stages of education is increasing, they lack in most cases the core competences and relevant skills needed in a knowledge economy.
Challenges that define relations between Europe, the Maghreb and the Mashrek region, include political and economic rapprochement, international migrations, security matters, growing interculturalization, environmental issues, the Arab Spring, and scientific exchange. All these questions make clear the growing interdependence of the three shores, and the multiplicity of factors involved in Mediterranean relations which cannot therefore be analyzed or studied in isolation, because the Mediterranean is a single entity. Please read more about the conference topic here: http://www.campusmarenostrum.es/resouk2012/index.php?ver=about.
We also welcome topics on:
- Innovations,
- Entrepreneurial learning,
- Research and development,
- Education and training,
- Knowledge management.
