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

9314210 Frankel美国科学促进会（AAAS）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并举办一次评估科学研究的邀请研讨会。讲习班将于1993年10月8日至11日在波兰召开，由波兰科学和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就东欧可能出现的科学自由和责任问题举行的一系列研讨会中的第一次。讲习班的题目与东欧普遍关注的专业自主和责任密切相关。它对确定研究重点、资源分配、职业发展和流动性也有影响。所有这些问题在东欧国家中具有更高的意义，因为它们经历了一个科学预算紧缩的时期。研讨会议程将集中于：1)评估评估科学研究和科学家的定量技术和指标的使用；2)交流同行评议机制运作的信息；3)审查在制定科学资助和人事决策时使用同行评议和定量技术所引起的相关伦理问题。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、科学家和决策者组成的国际网络，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。预期的结果之一将是研讨会的论文和会议记录的出版，包括由美国科学促进会出版的一卷和在选定的期刊上出版。

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.