Balancing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Partnerships: The Global Research Alliances Initiative

Friday, June 3, 2022

9:30 AM – 10:20 AM MDT

Location: Room 601/603

Universities commonly develop partnerships driven by individual faculty relationships. However, international offices’ top-down actions can help to shape, grow, and energize initiatives. This panel conceptualizes and exemplifies how impactful international collaboration requires a balance between top-down and bottom-up engagement.

Learning Objectives:

Gain strategies for building impactful partnerships through a blend of bottom-up and top-down approaches.
Explore case studies of partnerships that successfully scale and grow and others that stagnate.
Recognize approaches to building intra- and inter-institutional alliances that fortify partnership efforts.

Chair and Presenter(s)

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José Celso Freire, Jr., PhD

Associate Provost for International Affairs
Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)

Presenter(s)

Michael Lazzara, PhD

Associate Vice Provost-Academic Programs, Global Affairs
University Of California, Davis
Philippe Rozenberg, PhD, HDR

Research Director
INRAE