U.S.-Eastern Europe Workshop on Evaluating Science, Pultusk,Poland (October 8-10, 1993)

9314210美国科学促进会将为来自东欧、美国和几个西欧国家的科学家、工程师、研究经理、科学政策分析师和政策制定者组织和举办一次关于评估科学研究的邀请性研讨会。研讨会将于1993年10月8日至11日在波兰举行，由波兰科学与艺术促进会和波兰国家科学研究委员会共同主办。这是美国科学促进会计划在未来四年内就东欧可能出现的科学自由和责任问题举办的一系列研讨会中的第一个。讲习班专题与东欧关于专业自主和问责制的普遍关切密切相关。它还对确定研究的优先顺序、资源分配以及职业发展和流动性有影响。所有这些问题在东欧国家中具有高度的重要性，因为它们正在经历一段科学预算紧缩的时期。讲习班议程将侧重于：1)评估量化技术和指标在评估科学研究和科学家方面的使用；2)交流关于同行审查机制运作的信息；3)审查在制定科学资金和人事决定时利用同行审查和量化技术提出的相关伦理问题。通过这次研讨会，美国科学促进会希望鼓励出现一个由学者、科学家和政策制定者组成的国际网络，他们可以相互借鉴经验，帮助加强东欧国家的科学和技术基础设施。预期成果包括在美国科学促进会出版的一卷和精选期刊上发表研讨会的论文和会议记录。

9314210 Frankel The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will organize and conduct an invitational workshop on evaluating scientific research for scientists, engineers, research managers, science policy analysts, and policy makers from Eastern Europe, the United States, and several Western European nations. The workshop will convene in Poland on October 8-11, 1993, and will be co-sponsored by the Polish Society for the Advancement of Science and the Arts and the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research. It is the first of a series of workshops planned by the AAAS over the next four years on the scientific freedom and responsibility issues likely to emerge in Eastern Europe. The workshop topic relates closely to prevalent concerns in Eastern Europe pertaining to professional autonomy and accountability. It also has implications for determining research priorities, resource allocation, and career development and mobility. All of these matters assume heightened significance among the countries of Eastern Europe as they experience a period of contracting budgets for science. The workshop agenda will focus on: 1) assessing the use of quantitative techniques and indicators for evaluating scientific research and scientists, 2) exchanging information about the operation of peer review mechanisms, and 3) examining related ethical issues raised by use of peer review and quantitative techniques in formulating funding and personnel decisions in science. Through this workshop the AAAS hopes to encourage the emergence of an international network of scholars, scientists and policy makers who can draw upon each others experience to help strengthen the scientific and technological infrastructure in the countries of Eastern Europe. Among the expected outcomes will be publication of the papers and proceedings of the workshop, both in a volume published by AAAS and in select journals.