Ghent University starts search for 21 top professors

( 28-09-2018 ) During the next few years, the faculties at Ghent University will closely collaborate with each other in the realisation of ten interdisciplinary projects of major social impact. Ghent University is creating 21 new professorships which they will begin to fill as of this autumn. The announcement in 2017 that Ghent University intended to invest in a project of interdisciplinary research generated a great deal of interest within the institution. Consortiums wherein at least two faculties are collaborating could submit their candidacy for maximum three new professorships (ZAP-mandates). In total, 92 proposals were submitted. Ghent University had these proposals evaluated by an independent international jury panel. That an international jury should be asked to pass judgement on interdisciplinary projects is an innovative proposition.