How good is peer review as a method for finding research that truly breaks new ground and changes the world? And how can the method evolve to become better and safer? Research Council’s journal Curie interviewed Terttu Luukonen, Finland, who has studied the process of peer review by the ERC.
Curie: Peer review will raise the quality of research
The government wants to introduce a new model for distributing a portion of the direct funding for universities. The Swedish Research Council has been asked to develop a proposal based on peer review to improve research quality.
Curie debate: Women are discriminated against in universities
A number of factors suggest that women are disadvantaged in academia, claim sociologists Rickard Danell and Michael Hjerm in an article in Swedish Research Council’s webzine Curie.
Curie: course for better supervision
What challenges researchers who supervise doctoral students facing and what support do they can get? Swedish Research Council’s journal Curie takes a closer look at the situation of supervisors in a series of three articles. In the first article two researchers who hold courses for supervisors are interviewed .
Curie: EU:s first Chief Scientific Adviser
She will advise the EU President on science, technology and innovation. She will identify future opportunities and threats, and build relationships with advisors worldwide. And she will raise EU citizens’ confidence in the research. The Swedish Research Council’s Journal Curie has met Professor Anne Glover – EU:s firstChief Scientific Adviser.