European Research Council Workshop: monitoring the performance and quality of peer review systems

28 - 29 November 2013
9.00 - 13.00
Covent Garden Building, Place Charles Rogier 16, 1210 Brussels
European Research Council
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Agenda

DAY 1: 28 November 2013: 9.00 – 17.30
Opening session

  • 9:00 Welcome Address (30')
    Jose Labastida.
    Head of the ERC Scientific Department
  • 9:30 Reinhilde Veugelers (30')
    Member of the ERC Scientific Council
  • 10:00 Amanda Crowfoot (30')
    Director of Science Europe

10:30 COFFEE BREAK (30')

Session 1: Strategy and practice to monitor peer review systems
Moderator: Alejandro Martin Hobdey, Head of Unit B2 "Call and Project Follow-up
Coordination"

  • 11:00 George Chacko (30')
    “Evaluating Peer Review at CSR: Operations and Impact ”
    Director, Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation
    Center for Scientific Review - NIH
  • 11:30 Claire Graves (30')
    “Peer Review Process Strategy and Drivers’
    Head of Peer Review - EPSRC
  • 12:00 Robert Paul Königs (30')
    “Checks and Balances – Peer Review at DFG”
    Head of Scientific Department - DFG
  • 12:30 Open Discussion (30')
  • 13:00 LUNCH BREAK (60')

Moderator: Anna Lönnroth, Head of Unit B3 "Scientific Affairs"

  • 14:00 Jonas Björck (30')
    “Monitoring of Gender equality in the research funding process”
    Director of the Department of Research Funding – Swedish Research Council
  • 14:30 Nakita Vodjdani (30')
    “The ANR 2014 Work Programme and Merit Review system”
    Head of European and International cooperation – ANR
  • 15:00 Anne-Marie Engel (30')
    ”Evaluation and Impact Assesment as Strategic Building Blocks”
    Director of Research - Lunbeck Foundation
  • 15:30 COFFEE BREAK (30')
  • 16:00 Annette Leewendal (30')
    ‘Peer review quality: matching supply and demand in science publishing’
    Director of Publishing Projects, Publishing Services – Elsevier
  • 16:30 Véronique Kiemer (30')
    “Challenges of peer review in an evolving scientific landscape”.
    Executive Editor and Head of Research Services - Nature
  • 17:00 Open Discussion (30')
  • 17:30 END OF DAY ONE
  • 19:30 Open informal dinner

DAY 2: 29 November 2013: 9.00 – 13.00
Session 2: Perception, analysis and challenges
Moderator: Theodore Papazoglou, Head of Unit A1 "Support to the Scientific Council"

  • 9:00 Katrien Maes
    “Peer review: principles and challenges for research universities”.
    Chief Policy Officer – LERU
  • 9:30 Thed van Leeuwen (30')
    “Peer review and bibliometrics … It’s complicated !”.
    Co-editor of Research Evaluation - Centre for Science & Technology Studies
    (CWTS)– Leiden University
  • 10:00 Terttu Luukkonen (30')
    "Peer review and knowledge dynamics".
    Scholar - Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
  • 10:30 COFFEE BREAK (30')
  • 11:00 Lutz Bornmann (30')
    “Evaluation of peer review using the quality criteria reliability, fairness and predictive validity”.
    Scholar - Max Planck Society
  • 11:30 Thomas Schäfer (30')
    “Evaluating the quality of research - a young researchers' perspective".
    Researcher - Young Academy of Europe
  • 12:00 Ben Martin (30')
    ''Does peer review succeed in 'self-policing' of the academic community and maintaining research integity?"
    Professor of Science and Technology SPRU – University of Sussex
  • 12:30 Open Discussion and closing remarks
  • 13:00 END OF THE WORKSHOP