Activities
LERU’s policy development activities (i.e. policy papers, advisory letters, round tables, etc) are undertaken at the request of the Rectors’ Assembly. Committees, Working Groups and Communities, consisting of LERU Rectors, Vice-Rectors or other distinguished members of staff, are established as needed to help elaborate LERU policy positions.
Recent initiatives have focused on the role of universities, research careers, doctoral studies, research-based teaching, research assessment and on EU research policy, general as well as sectoral (environment, energy, climate, food, nano, mobility).
All these activities and the activities of the various groups and communities are coordinated and prepared by the LERU secretariat, known as the LERU Office. The Secretary-General is the head of the Office and responsible for the daily management of the organisation, its external relations and international cooperation. He is assisted by the LERU Office staff. The LERU Office is hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
