Impactful learning: exploring the value of informal learning experiences to improve the learning potential of international research projects.

Stalker, Brenda, Quan, Rose and Skoumpopoulou, Dimitra (2019) Impactful learning: exploring the value of informal learning experiences to improve the learning potential of international research projects. International Journal of Human Resource Development Practice, Policy and Research, 4 (2). pp. 83-101. ISSN 2397-4583

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Abstract

The Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the largest EU funded research programme, which supports mobility of international researchers through secondments to engage in collaborative research activities to enhance individual and collective research capacity within the EU. This paper explores how an analysis of secondees’ informal learning experiences can highlight opportunities for increasing individual and collective learning capacity of an international partnership and achievement of project objectives. A thematic analysis method (Miles and Huberman, 1994), was applied to 19 secondee’s individual learning reports. The main findings discussed three themes elicited through secondees informal learning, including living and working in a host country and developing an academic career. The paper outlines practice, policy and research implications for improving the learning potential of international research projects.

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