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Panel 7 – ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (LUSEM)
its scarce resources better, or (preferably) be able to develop itself better
(with more resources), to even better serve the different departments at
LUSEM.
7.8 Gender and equal opportunity issues
Women are underrepresented, but not differently for this field elsewhere
(a mathematical subject).
7.9 Overall assessment
Research
Very good /Good
Collaboration Good
Research/teaching Good
Future plans Good
Overall assessment Good
This is a good research unit in international standards, and has good
potential for further improvement.
8. Department of Informatics
8.1 Unit description
This is a reasonably small unit in terms of its academic staff (total staff
number is however large). The unit is also involved in teaching. The age
structure of the academic staff is quite high (with a mean age of 60 for
4 professors). The external research funding is very low (lowest fraction
among all units for this panel). The Ph.D. production is decent for a small
unit (5 in 5 years).
8.2 Research infrastructure
Research at the department is hampered by too few researchers, too little
time (a heavy focus on teaching), but also by the fact that many staff
members are not interested in or capable of research. Many active researchers
have left the unit, and recruitment activities are lacking. Given
the high age structure, this unit is really in the need of strong actions to
correct the situation.
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