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DESCRIPTION:[b]What does it take today to build great research?[/b]\n\nIt 
 is not just about great ideas and the right people but about building env
 ironments that help them think bigger\, navigate smarter\, and connect to
  society. This final DIAS event of the semester brings SDU Rector Jens Ri
 ngsmose into DIAS Blue Sky conversation. He will zoom out to the broader 
 landscape shaping universities right now: a system where funding increasi
 ngly comes from outside\, where expectations of impact are rising\, and w
 here research is unfolding inside a deeply political arena - within a lar
 ger (political) arena itself.Universities are no longer just places of kn
 owledge. They are institutions under pressure\, expected to deliver on in
 terdisciplinarity\, innovation\, and societal relevance\, while at the sa
 me time defending academic freedom. And that raises a difficult question:
  How can a young\, ambitious researcher in the best possible way acquire 
 insight into this politico-institutional context and use it in support of
  research leadership and career objectives? Jens Ringsmose will open the 
 session with the larger trends shaping the research landscape today. From
  there\, the discussion turns to DIAS: how environments like this can sup
 port outstanding researchers\, not just in thinking freely\, but in findi
 ng their footing in a complex system where ideas\, people\, funding\, and
  politics are increasingly intertwined.Join us in this last event of the 
 semester with the university leadership\, which also bring in DIAS Direct
 or Sten Rynning and Chair Ben Davies into the conversation. \n\n[b]About 
 Jens Ringsmose[/b]\nJens Ringsmose is a Professor of International Politi
 cs and the Rector of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU)\, a positio
 n he has held since 2021. Before becoming Rector\, he served as Dean of t
 he Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at SDU and before that as Vice
 -Dean for Research and Director of the Institute for Military Operations 
 at the Royal Danish Defence College. He earned his MA in History and PhD 
 in International Politics from SDU. His research interests include strate
 gic studies\, security and defense policy\, NATO and asymmetric conflicts
 .Jens is also a member of YERUN’s Executive Board\, and both Jens and SDU
  are very committed to internationalization and the European higher educa
 tion and research areas.\n\n[b]About Sten Rynning[/b]\nSten Rynning is Di
 rector of the Danish Institute of Advanced Study and a Professor of War S
 tudies\, the University of Southern Denmark. He served as interim dean of
  the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences November 2021-May 2022 and a
 s vice dean for research June 2019-August 2022.He founded SDU’s Center fo
 r War Studies and has advised several official Danish and Norwegian commi
 ssions on security and foreign policy. Rynning has held senior academic l
 eadership roles at SDU and serves on multiple international editorial and
  advisory boards. His research focuses on NATO\, war\, and transatlantic 
 security\, and his latest book is [i]NATO: From Cold War to Ukraine[/i] (
 Yale University Press).\n\n[b]About Ben Davies[/b]\nBen Davies is Profess
 or of Literature in the Department of Culture and Language at the Univers
 ity of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on modern and contemporary 
 literature\, with emphasis on time\, narrative\, and reading. He was Co‑I
  on the Carlsberg‑funded [i]Lockdown Reading Project[/i]\, which resulted
  in the award‑winning book [i]Reading Novels During the Covid‑19 Pandemic
 [/i] (Oxford University Press\, 2022). He currently serves as Chair of Un
 iversity English and is a member of the English sub‑panel for the UK Rese
 arch Excellence Framework (REF).[b] [/b][b] [/b] \n\n[i]This event is hos
 ted and organized by [url=https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/dias/people/man
 agement/sten-rynning]Sten Rynning[/url][/i]
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SUMMARY:DIAS Event: How Is Great Research Built Today? A DIAS Conversation
  with the SDU Rector\, Jens Ringsmose
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