Workshop: KNOWLEDGE, DIVERSITY AND PERFORMANCE IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION. EVALUATION AND RANKINGS IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE, 12 February 2014, 14:30-19:30, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, Aula Conversi Department of Physics
Workshop
KNOWLEDGE, DIVERSITY AND PERFORMANCE IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION.
EVALUATION AND RANKINGS IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
Wednesday 12 February 2014
14:30-19:30
Venue: Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 Roma
Aula Conversi
Department of Physics
Marconi Building
14:30-15:10 Welcome and institutional opening
Luigi Frati, Rector, Sapienza University of Rome
Giancarlo Ruocco, Vice-Rector for Policies of Research, Sapienza University of Rome
15:10-15:30 Opening
15:10-15:30 Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education.
(Edited by) Andrea Bonaccorsi, University of Pisa (on leave), Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR)
15:30-16:50 Session 1. Evaluation
Chair: Marco Schaerf, Sapienza University of Rome
15:30-15:50 The role of metrics in the multi-dimensional assessment of academic research impact
Henk F. Moed, Senior scientific Advisor Elsevier, Amsterdam
Gali Halevi, Senior Analyst and Program Director, Elsevier, New York
15:50-16:10 A quantitative approach to compare heterogeneous academic fields at national level
Giancarlo Ruocco, Sapienza University of Rome
16:10-16:30 University competition for students and local economic development
Stefano Paleari, University of Bergamo, President of the Italian Conference of Rectors (CRUI)
Michele Meoli, University of Bergamo
16:30-16:50 Bibliometric evaluation vs informed peer-review
Tullio Jappelli, University of Naples Federico II
16:50-17:20 Coffee break
17:20-18:00 Session 2. Rankings
Chair: Giancarlo Ruocco, Sapienza University of Rome
17:20-17:40 Ratings and rankings: Voodoo or Science?
Andrea Saltelli, Weber Anke, Michaela Saisana,European Commission, Joint Research Center Ispra
17:40-18:00 Rankings and university performance: a conditional multidimensional approach
Cinzia Daraio, Sapienza University of Rome
18:00-19:00 Session 3. Panel Discussion
Chair: Tiziana Catarci, Vice-Rector for Infrastructures and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Fantoni, President of ANVUR
Philippe Larédo, IFRIS and Manchester Business School
Marco Mancini, Head of the Department of University, AFAM and Research (MIUR) (tbc)
Marco Schaerf,Sapienza University of Rome
Alberto Zigoni, SciVal Elsevier, Amsterdam
19:00-19:30 Summary and Conclusions
Alessandro Schiesaro, Sapienza University of Rome and MIUR
