Peer review in an Era of Evaluation

Published Jan 10, 2022

Over the past few decades, peer review has become an object of great professional and managerial interest (Oancea, 2019) and, increasingly, academic scrutiny (Bornmann, 2011; Grimaldo et al., 2018). Nevertheless, calls for further research are numerous (Tennant & Ross-Hellauer, 2020). This volume is in answer to such interest and appeals.

Abstract

In this chapter, we outline the notion of peer review and its relation to the autonomy of the academic profession and the contract between science and society. This is followed by an introduction of some key themes regarding the practices of peer review. Next, we specify some reasons to further explore different practices of peer review. Briefly, the state of the art is presented. Finally, the structure of this volume and its individual contributions are presented.

Forsberg E., Geschwind L., Levander S., Wermke W. (2022) Peer Review in Academia. In: Forsberg E., Geschwind L., Levander S., Wermke W. (eds) Peer review in an Era of Evaluation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

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Lars Geschwind

Lars Geschwind
professor larsges@kth.se +4687907619

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Eva Forsberg

Eva Forsberg is Professor of Education at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses education governance and evaluation, academic work and the interface between educational policy, practice and research.

Sara Levander

Sara Levander is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Education at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research interests are higher education, academic work and faculty evaluation in academic recruitment and promotion.

Wielund Wermke

Wielund Wermke is Associate Professor in Special Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research interest focuses on comparative education methodology, and teacher practice at different levels of education.

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