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Panel 6 – social SCIENCEs
4.5 Collaboration
There is reasonable emphasis on national and international collaboration
both in SOC (good) and in SOC A. (very good).
4.6 Research activity and teaching
Difficult to assess on the basis of the information made available.
4.7 Relevance (scientific, technological, clinical, social, cultural
and socioeconomic significance)
In light of the many scientific reports that directly address contemporary
national and international social issues through books and other publications
as well as the participation of faculty in governmental bodies, the
relevance of the scientific activity of the department is good.
4.8 Vitality and Organizational Capacity
The internal and external vitality of the two units appear to be good. Proactive
measures to cope with the generational imbalance seem to be in order.
4.9 Evaluation of future plans
There is adequate concern about future intellectual directions but less, it
seems, about future staffing and student recruitment.
4.10 Gender and equal opportunity issues
The gender balance is the entire department is better than in many other
departments of the same size and stature.
5. Centre for Gender Studies
The Centre for Gender Studies was established in 1978 as a comprehensive
university unit with interdisciplinary research, teaching and
documentation tasks. Since 2002, it belongs to the Faculty of Social
Sciences and functions as a department. It is one of the smallest faculty
departments with only one professor and a total of 6 full time equivalent
academic staff (the number has not changed since 2003). The integration
of the Centre for Gender Studies into a faculty structure as an inde-
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