THEMEN: Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW JOURNAL Nr. 20/2006

Proposals will be accepted according to their quality. Other general criteria for the acceptance of a paper
are:
aims of the tracks (see track descriptions below)
innovativeness of the research question / research design, policy approach or intervention
analytical development of the topic
the organisers are interested in inter- and transdisciplinary research as well as in papers based on an
analytical perspective.
Papers dealing with questions of gender and race, class, sexual orientation or age discrimination are
especially welcome.
We also invite practitioners to present papers. We especially encourage papers based on the experience of
practitioners and academics working together. General criteria for these abstracts are:
innovative action and intervention to promote gender equality in higher education
interventions and programmes that are transferable to other institutions/countries,
examples of effective positive actions.
The conference will be an opportunity to present the research of well established scholars as well as young
scientists.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 August 2006.
Decisions on the acceptance or rejection of papers will be made in November 2006.
We are aware that there might be overlaps in research designs between tracks of the conference. The
organisers therefore will maintain their right to exchange abstracts between tracks.
A collection of the abstracts of all accepted papers will be given to the conference participants. We also
plan to publish a selection of the conference papers. In case of acceptance your full paper should not
exceed 15 pages, 12pt font.
Deadline for submission of full papers will be 1 July 2007.
Registration, conference fees, accommodation
The conference fee will depend on how much external funding we can get for this conference. Therefore the
exact amount cannot be fixed at this time. All participants, including presenters of papers have to pay the
full conference fee.
We will try to look for external funding to offer financial support for young scientists and / or for scholars
from Eastern Europe who otherwise might be unable to participate. Please let us know if you would need
financial help to attend the conference.
Participants have to arrange their accommodation individually. The organizers will present a selection of
hotels and hostels within walking distance to the conference venue that will offer special rates for
conference participants.
Track A: Excellence, Gender Bias and Research Policy
Up to now excellence in science by many is considered neutral from a gender point of view. Gender
differences and gaps in scientific careers, research outputs and funding have been ignored. Scientific
excellence is open to definition, e. g. concerning the indicators and criteria used to measure and assess
scientific excellence.
At present, we can find a gendered construction of scientific quality that is built on four questions:
1) How is scientific competence assessed?
2) How are assessment procedures organised and evaluators selected?
3) How is scientific competence attributed to men and women? How is this process influenced by the scientific
area: 'hard' science with low rate of women or humanities and social science with high rate of women?
4) What is considered as scientific success and how is it produced?
In this track we are interested in the state for art in creating and measuring scientific excellence (including
what conceptualisations underpin different practices and techniques) and how these practices can be
gendered and create gender bias. Is it possible to think about new or different ways of defining and
measuring excellence, and develop measures and practices that will indicate benefit for all?
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For more information please
contact
Dr. Marianne Kriszio,
Humboldt-University Berlin,
EQ-Berlin2007@uv.hu-berlin.de
or have a look on the
conference website: http://
www2.hu-berlin.de/eqberlin2007
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