WG TIER – Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research
WG TIER – Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research
WG Objectives
TIER aims at:
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- Addressing the primary sources of unconscious bias and intersectional gender discrimination in the evaluation of research quality and researchers at any stage of their career
- Identifying mitigation actions
- Proposing concrete actions for research assessment criteria and practices that ensure equal opportunities, inclusiveness and valorisation of the diversity
- Producing guidelines and specific consciousness-raising training for evaluators, building on existing resources and European guidelines/project outputs.
Recent Events
Updated 15 May 2025
TIER Open Workshop 27 June 2025:
“Inclusive Excellence: Why and How”
WG TIER is pleased to invite all CoARA members to the workshop “”Inclusive Excellence: how and why?”” on the 27th of June from 2 PM to 4 PM CET. On this occasion, we will be pleased to present the activity of TIER that took place in the last year, to stimulate a reflection on the concept of excellence and inclusivity, and understand how Research Performing Organizations and Research Funding Organizations can incorporate these two concepts harmoniously in their evaluation processes.
The goal of the event is also to facilitate relationships between CoARA Working Groups and harmonise the different WGs activities.
The workshop will be held completely online. The link will be shared a few days prior.
Email silvia.penati@unimib.it and bonaria.biancu@unimib.it to join.
Resources
Among the useful references being collected by the WG members are GEAR, a step-by-step online guide to develop Gender Equality Plans in academic and research organisations and GRANteDproject outputs:
Gender Equality Plans
GRANteDproject outputs
The TIER WG wishes to publish the ongoing work in a public website so as to inform the whole community and to gain interest in the subject.
Affiliated Organisations
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- CERN
- CERN, CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- CSIC-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- European Chemical Society
- EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
- European Union
- Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
- Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
- Joanneum Research
- Kristianstad University
- Karelia University of Applied Sciences
- Marie Curie Alumni Association
- Politecnico di Torino
- Research Foundation Flanders
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- Universidad CEU San Pablo – Madrid
- Universidad de Córdoba
- Università degli Studi di Cagliari
- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Università degli Studi di Messina
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
- Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO)
- University Medical Center – Groningen (UMCG)
- Wellcome Trust
- Young Academy of Europe
- Zimbabwe Young Academy of Sciences
Activities
Mind the GEPs Special Report
The MINDtheGEPs project published a special report summarising key takeaways from an Open Forum roundtable discussion on gender equality and inclusive progress in research. It highlights challenges hindering gender equality, such as systemic barriers, intersectionality, and data gaps. The report also offers recommendations for institutions on how to promote gender equality.
Survey on Biases in Research Evaluation
From early February to 15 April 2025, WG TIER opened a survey to evaluate systematic biases in research assessment. We thank all those who participated in the survey! Your input is invaluable for mitigating confirmation biases and for WG TIER to develop guidelines to foster inclusive research assessment practices!
Find out more!
Contact
Interested in joining the WG or have an inquiry?
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Silvia Penati (Chair)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Biancu Bonaria (Deputy Chair)
University of Milano-Bicocca