Dear Colleague

NIPE is organising a workshop, on the 21^st of June 2010, on the “Measurement and Evaluation of Academic Research Performance: Policy Implications”. We would like to call your attention to this event. Please find below the Call for Papers.

Yours sincerely,

Dina Guimarães

CALL for PAPERS

“Measurement and Evaluation of Academic Research Performance: Policy Implications”

21^st of June 2010

School of Economics and Management

University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Workshop on “Measurement and Evaluation of Academic Research Performance: Policy Implications” at NIPE – Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. The workshop will take place on June 21^st, 2010, at Universidade do Minho.

This workshop aims at promoting discussion regarding the general topic of measurement and evaluation of academic research performance. In particular, we welcome papers that discuss the construction of rankings of economics journals and alternative ways to measure research in economics, papers that analyze trends, case studies and international comparisons in economic research and papers that discuss policies that can be used to improve the quality of researchers´ scientific production. The organization of this event follows from an on-going project started more than 10 years ago where we make publicly available the information regarding the ranking of Portuguese researchers and institutions in the field of economics. You can access our project here:

http://www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe/cempre+nipe-rank/

To discuss these issues we encourage you to participate in the conference by submitting a paper that contributes to this debate.

The Scientific committee is composed by:

Paulo Guimarães, University of South Carolina

Pantelis Kalaitzidakis, University of Crete

Miguel Portela, Universidade do Minho

Carla Sá, Universidade do Minho

Christian Zimmermann, University of Connecticut

Paper submissions should be sent to nipe@eeg.uminho.pt, until April 11^th 2010. 

Submitters will be notified about the status of their submissions by April 26^th, 2010.

For any further information, please contact: Miguel Portela.

For matters regarding registration, accommodation, meals, and technical conference support, please contact: Dina Guimarães.

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Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas

Escola de Economia e Gestão

Universidade do Minho

Tel: (NIPE)  253 604 517

Fax: (EEG) 253  601 380