We have set up a new, interdisciplinary research infrastructure centre, the »Centre for language resources and technologies« in which the following University of Ljubljana Members are actively participate: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty for Computer and Information Science and Faculty of Social Sciences. We observed that mere internal measures without changes in the funding policy of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) are too weak.
In this period, we identified research areas with the greatest development potential and thus encouraged interdisciplinary cooperation, especially regarding applications to tenders for smart specialization projects. We established nine networks in these priority areas.
We increased the number of international projects by nine percent and their value by just under twenty percent. We also obtained the first two ERC Advanced Grants. We increased the number of publications by just under four percent and citations by fifty percent. The number and value of domestic projects have not increased, as the financing of research activities by the ARRS has decreased by more than twenty percent. The mentioned funds for research activities and the decrease in the number of young researchers have strongly affected the number of publications.
Promoting the formation of three large interdisciplinary research groups
Strengthening the doctoral school as an international environment and strengthening post-doctoral projects
Formation of internal finance mechanisms and incentives for research work