ReseaRch Quality assuRance foR the futuRe a ... - Lund University

Panel 6 – social SCIENCEs
gender balance, particularly in the upper levels of the academic hierarchy,
but also for senior lecturers. It is encouraging to see that the department
has a few non-Swedish and/or ethnic minority staff members. This should
be further encouraged in order to reflect the changing social composition
of Sweden and the rest of Europe.
8. Service Management (Organisation, Sociology,
Social Geography) – Campus Helsingborg
8.1 Overall assessment
The overall assessment is ‘very good’.
8.2 Research Quality
Overall the quantitative data indicates a rising trend of output and
activity. We expect that this grading will be higher next time this exercise
is undertaken, provided that the Department makes interesting and
synergistic appointments. The research in the areas of services, tourism,
and the ‘experience economy’ is impressive.
8.3 Collaboration
The international collaboration seems good as far as it is detailed but
could be further enhanced especially as relatively junior staff come to
develop their careers.
8.4 Research activity and teaching
The area of ‘services’ is where there is a great deal of synergy between
research and teaching. They seem to have developed this rather well and
we would commend this as a major strength of this group. Another area
is that of ‘mobilities research’.
8.5 Evaluation of future plans
The account of future plans was ‘excellent’. It seemed that the Department
was dealing well with what could be described as a ‘shambles’ of the
existing resource allocation system and was seeking to overcome what the
department saw as some of the rigidities of the Swedish system.
181