Excellence in the Life Sciences Area

Projektinformationen

ELSA

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 31255

Startdatum 1 April 2006

Enddatum 31 Januar 2007

Finanziert unter

• Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Gesamtkosten € 90 505,00

EU-Beitrag € 90 505,00

Koordiniert durch

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
Sweden

Ziel

To maintain autonomy and ensure excellent research, decision-making within science should be based on meritocracy and individual scientific achievements. Scientific excellence, however, is not an absolute term but a composite of several determinants: publications, originality, innovative force etc. Gender studies of research policy presented in the report Gender and Excellence in the Making have revealed that the term excellence as applied today may hinder women in establishing scientific careers. The discourse on excellence needs to be reframed in such a way as to include all scientists, regardless of gender.

Gender studies of research policies are primarily carried out within the field of sociology, history and economics. As a result, researchers and decision-makers in other disciplines are not always well informed on their latest findings. We need to take the next step and transform the gained knowledge into practice. As pioneers, the life science community is taking the initiative to reframe the discourse on scientific excellence. The proposed conference will make the recent research within the field of scientific excellence available to stakeholders in life sciences.

This will enable an extended discussion taking the knowledge and experience gained by researchers in the field of gender and excellence into account. We will discuss the evaluation systems and parameters of excellence employed in a life scientist's career chain from a gender perspective. Topics for discussion include the roles of gatekeepers, the use of bibliometrics from a gender perspective, how to judge excellence in third-stream activities and gender differences in major grant programmes.

The meeting will follow up the discussions initiated in Florence 2003 and result in a raised awareness among life science decision- and policymakers, and researchers. We hope that the discussion initiated in Stockholm in 2006 will stimulate continued discussions on the topic throughout Europe.

Schlüsselbegriffe

• excellence
• gender

Programm/Programme

• FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Thema/Themen

• SOCIETY - Science and Society

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP6-2005-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-17
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Finanzierungsplan

SSA - Specific Support Action

Koordinator

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

• EU-Beitrag: Keine Daten
• Adresse: Nobels väg 5 ; STOCKHOLM ; Schweden
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten