Postdoc Talks – Understanding Peer Review Processes
The Foundation of Decisions in Research Funding and Publishing
Peer Review is at the heart of every important decision in research and science: regarding funding as well as in publishing or decisions about hiring new personnel. The speaker explores the reasoning behind peer review processes and, by retracing its history, aims to make the current status, procedures and dilemmas of peer review comprehensible. By discussing its inherent trade-offs, deliberating critical arguments which highlight the problems of peer review and presenting current approaches for finding solutions for these problems, the speaker invites the audience to reflect on how to determining the value of scientific insight.
Postdoc Talks: The online series provides an open platform for discussing topics central to the postdoctoral career path. You can gain insights from experts in the research landscape and the academic community, while also exchanging ideas with other postdocs.
This event is open to postdocs from all HRA’s member institutions. Participation is free of charge, prior registration is requested. For further information please read the conditions of participation.
Details
Date:
Fri, 2 February 2024, 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM, online
Requirements for participation:
- Attendance: Participation is only possible, if you can guarantee an uninterrupted attendance.
- Attention: Online events require the same undivided attention as face-to-face events. Please refrain from parallel activities.
- Interaction: In general HRA events are interactive and require your active participation.
- Visibility: Please turn on your camera, if possible. Especially in our workshops, this is essential for a productive working environment.
Target groups:
doctoral researchers, postdocs, junior research group leaders, w1 professors
Organizer:
Hamburg Research Academy
Trainer:
Dr. Oliver Grewe works as a program manager at the Volkswagen Foundation, one of Germanies leading private funders of research and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in neurosciences and began his career in science management after his first postdoc. His started off in 2008 as a program manager of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Two years later he enrolled in the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony to organize evaluation processes at universities, before he took his current job in 2011. Additionally, he’s self-employed as a trainer and coach since 2015, offering workshops at various universities in Germany
Maximum number of participants:
30