Fighting for Harmony - students, society and the academy in tune
EAIR Forum Vilnius 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania, 23-26 August 2009

Every year EAIR is offering the opportunity for young (35 or younger) professionals and academics working in universities, polytechnics and other higher education institutions - either in university administration, or in academic departments with particular research interests in management issues - to win the 'EAIR Best Paper Award'. This paper should be written as part of an accepted proposal for the EAIR annual Forum.

This year's jury (formed by Prof Rosalind Pritchard from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland/former member of the Executive Committee, and Prof Stephan Laske from the University of Innsbruck, Austria/member Executive Committee EAIR), decided upon awarding a joint prize for the 2009 'EAIR Best Paper Award'. This year's winners are:

Dr Maarja Beerkens from the University of Twente, CHEPS in the Netherlands
with her paper titled: 'The effect of research management policies on academic productivity; evidence from Australia', submitted in Track 6 'Research management in higher education'.

and

Mr Lukas Bischof and his co-Authors Ms Julie Kraft, Messrs Marcel Carasco and Jan Vogt, all students at the University of Freiburg (Breisgau), Germany
with their paper titled: 'Community Organising as an instrument for bottom-up quality development at University of Freiburg; A student experience', submitted in Track 7 'The Bermuda triangle in Bologna implementation'.

The prizes were handed over by Prof Rosalind Pritchard and Prof Stephan Laske during the EAIR Forum Social Dinner on Monday 24 August 2009 in Vilnius. The prize consisted of a certificate and a yearlong subscription to a journal from the Routledge list of journals for higher education.