Gender and Excellence in the Making.

Institution	Europäische Kommission. Generaldirektion Forschung
Titel	Gender and Excellence in the Making.
Quelle	Luxembourg: Amt für amtliche Veröffentlichungen der EG (2004), 179 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Community Research
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	92-894-7479-3
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Chancengleichheit; Frau; Gleichstellung; Berufschance; Konferenzbericht; Leistungsmessung; Tätigkeitsfeld; Führungskraft; Wissenschaftlerin; Europa; Niederlande
Abstract	To what extent are the existing procedures, definitions and criteria regarding scientific excellence gender neutral? To investigate this subject, a workshop entitled 'Minimising gender bias in the definition and measurement of scientific excellence', was jointly organised by the Women and Science Unit of the European Commission's Research DG, the Women and Science Network of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. Based on evidence presented from their own research, participants agreed that scientific excellence is not "a universal fact" but rather a social construction and, as such, it is open to many kinds of biases. Gender dynamics as regards scientific excellence are multifaceted, are often invisible, and apparently related to gender differences in social capital and in the attribution of competence, and to a scientific culture in which the 'similar-to-me' process unwittingly seems to favour men scientists. As the future of European science depends partly on an increased participation of women in the scientific community and on excellent research, it is urgent to reflect further on these unintentional, but still influential, effects of existing definitions and measurements of scientific excellence. Contents: I. Synthesis report on the workshop. - II. Experts' Papers (Feller, Irwin: Measurement of scientific performance and gender bias. - Gupta/Namrata/Kemelgor, Carol/Fuchs, Stephan/Etzkowitz, Henry: The "Triple Burden'. a cross-cultural analysis of the consequences of discrimination for women in science. - Foschi, Marta: Blocking the use of gender-based double standards for competence. - Hearn, Jeff: Gendering men and masculinities in research and scientific evaluations. - Husu, Liisa: Gate-keeping, gender equality and scientific excellence. - Sandström, Ulf/Hällsten, Martin: Springboard or stumbling block - can research councils promote scientific excellence without gender bias? - Addis, Elisabetta: Gender in the publication process: evidence, explanations, and excellence. - Thorvaldsdottir, Thorgerdur: Engendered opinions in placement committee decisions. - Mottier, Ilja: Research assessment in The Netherlands. - Rees, Teresa: Measuring excellence in scientific research - the UK Research Assessment Exercise. - Palomba, Rossella: Does gender matter in scientific leadership? - Griffin, Gabriele: Tackling gender bias in the measurement of scientific excellence - combating disciplinary containment. - Blagojevic, Marina: Creators, transmitters and users - women's scientific excellence at the semi-periphery of Europe. - Brouns, Margo: Gender and the assessment of scientific quality. - Laredo, Philippe: From scientific excellence to research performance - the influence of production situations and of research collectives. - Alimo-Metcafle, Beverly: Leadership - a masculine past, but a feminine future? - Cozzens, Suzan E.: Gender issues in US science and technology policy - equality of what?).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2010/4