The Organising Committee (OC) is INRPM’s highest operational body – in practice, the network’s board. It is responsible for setting INRPM’s overall direction within the Foundational Framework, making key operational decisions and ensuring that the network’s activities form a coherent whole.
The OC steers and guides INRPM’s work, appoints and supports the Standing Committees, and coordinates their efforts so that communication, learning, tools, knowledge and recognition pull in the same direction. OC members volunteer their time to provide this backbone for the network, keeping INRPM’s development focused, transparent and aligned with its purpose.
OC Members:
Cláudia Barbosa
Working Groups: Organising Committee
Cláudia holds a Licenciatura and a Ph.D. from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.
As a research manager at Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) in Portugal since 2008, she has led R&D project management with a focus on European funding initiatives. Her extensive experience includes serving as a coordinating project manager for numerous EU-funded projects, such as four FP7, four Horizon 2020, four Horizon Europe, as well as two NATO SPS projects. In addition, she is the work package leader responsible for training activities in two MSCA Doctoral Networks.
Alongside her management role, she conducts research on technology-enhanced learning at DIGIMEDIA/DECA (Universidade de Aveiro).
Cláudia is an active member of several organisations including the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Euroscience, the Plataforma de Interface à Ciência (PIC), EARMA, ARMA, and serves as a Core Group Member of EARMA PAPM and BESTPRAC.
Daniel Vare
Working Groups: Founders Organising Committee
Senior Research Project Manager at KTH, passionate about bridging science and structured project management. With a PhD in Molecular Genetics and more than 10 years of experience, I focus on enabling researchers to succeed by managing complex projects efficiently.
Nicole Quartiero
Working Groups: Founders Organising Committee
Nicole Quartiero joined Notre Dame Research in 2022 as the inaugural Director of Research Project Management, where she leads the Research Project Management Team and oversees strategic initiatives supporting large and complex research efforts across the research enterprise. In this role, she partners with faculty, research leadership, and administrative stakeholders to strengthen research operations, improve project execution, and advance institutional research goals. She is also a member of the Notre Dame Project Management Community of Practice.
Prior to joining Notre Dame Research, Nicole spent more than a decade working across the full research lifecycle in academic and clinical research environments, building expertise in research administration, compliance, operations, and project management. She was recognized by the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) as a Future of the Field Rising Star in 2021 and later served as Chair of the Future of the Field Subcommittee. Nicole currently serves as a Board Member for SRAI and is a frequent national presenter and contributor focused on advancing research project management as a strategic function within the research enterprise.
Nicole earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Arizona State University and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Management. She is a Certified Research Administrator (RACC) and is currently preparing to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam in June 2026.
Patricia A Paprica
Working Groups: Organising Committee
P. Alison Paprica, PhD, PMP, is a Senior Fellow and Professor (adjunct) at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and the Principal of Research Project Management (RPM).
Previously, Alison was the Director responsible for up to C$60 million annual applied health research investment at the Ontario Ministry of Health and a member of the Executive Committee at three not-for-profit independent research institutes. Alison is an early adopter of project management and is among the first 3% of the ~1.6 million people worldwide who hold the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. As a strong supporter of research and expert practitioner of project management, she has developed and delivered courses, workshops and webinars focused on the management and leadership of research to over 2,500 participants. In partnership with University of Toronto Press, Alison published Research Project Management and Leadership: A Handbook for Everyone in 2024.
Pauline Rasera
Working Groups: Organising Committee
Pauline Rasera is European Project Manager at RMIT Europe, the European Hub of RMIT University. Pauline has been working as Project Manager for over 10 years in Spain, France and Slovenia. She has been involved in the preparation and management of a broad range of projects, including the successive EU framework programs, COST, Interreg, Erasmus, ANR (France)... and currently coordinates a MSCA-COFUND Program aiming at creating a doctoral network between France and Australia. As per her background, Pauline holds a Master's degree in European Studies from Aix-Marseille Université.