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Evaluation of the Humanities at the ERC Alain Peyraube CNRS and EHESS (FR) ERC Scientific Council

Relevance and Impact of the Humanities University of Vienna, December 15-16, 2008. Evaluation of the Humanities at the ERC Alain Peyraube CNRS and EHESS (FR) ERC Scientific Council. ERC – Objectives.

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Evaluation of the Humanities at the ERC Alain Peyraube CNRS and EHESS (FR) ERC Scientific Council

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  1. Relevance and Impact of the Humanities University of Vienna, December 15-16, 2008 Evaluation of the Humanities at the ERCAlain Peyraube CNRS and EHESS (FR)ERC Scientific Council

  2. ERC – Objectives • Frontier research: research at the frontiers, characterised by an absence of disciplinary boundaries • Need to stimulate basic research, a vital area where Europe has been perceived to be losing its edge, using excellence as the only criterion • Two programmes: Early Starting Grants / Advanced Grants

  3. ERC Starting Grants (ESG) • 9167 proposals submitted: 1363 in HSS = 14.9% • 559 proposals selected after the 1st stage of evaluation: 102 in HSS = 18.25% • 302 proposals granted: 57 in SHS = 18.67% • Distribution of the budget: • 40% for Physical sciences, Engineering sciences, Universe and Earth sciences (PE) • 35% for Biological and Life sciences (LS) • 15% for Social and Human sciences (SH)

  4. The Five Panels in SH for ESG • SH-1 = Individuals and organisations - Economics, management, demography, geography, urban and environmental studies: 379 proposals submitted / 1363 > 16 proposals funded (social sciences) • SH-2 = Institutions, behaviour, values and beliefs- Anthropology, sociology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology : 355 > 10 (social sciences) • SH-3 = The human mind and its complexity- Cognition, linguistics, psychology, philosophy, education : 349 > 18 (humanities and social sciences) • SH-4 = Cultures and cultural diversity- Literature, visual and performing arts, music and cultural studies : 130 > 7 (humanities) • SH-5 = The study of the past and of cultural artefacts- Memory, history and archaeology : 150 > 6 (humanities)

  5. Distribution of the 1363 SH proposals by discipline • Psycho and Neuro 158 • History 114 • Linguistics 87 • Philosophy 52 • Info-Com-Media 47 • Archaeology 46 • Education 40 • Cultural Studies 33

  6. Distribution of the 1363 SH proposals by discipline (2) • Literature 32 • Classical Studies 21 • Anthropology 15 • Art 15 • History of Art and Architecture 12 • Music and Musicology 9

  7. Distribution of the 57 successful proposals • By nationality of the PI: 9 IT, 7 DE, 7 NL, 6 FR, 5 BE, 5 UK,, 3 ES, 2 CY, 2 FI, 2 IL, 2 SE, 2 USA, 1 AT, 1 Canada, 1 China, 1 HU, 1 NO • By country of the host institution: 17 UK, 10 NL, 6 FR, 4 DE, 4 ES, 4 IT, 2 BE, 2 CY, 2 IL, 2 SE, 1 AT, 1 BG, 1 CH, 1 FI • By subdomain: 30 in humanities, 27 in social sciences

  8. Advanced Grants (AG) • PE : 39% (instead of 45%) • LS : 34% (instead of 40%) • SH : 14% (instead of 15%) • Interdisciplinary : 13%

  9. Advanced Grants (AG) (2) • 2167 projects submitted • 997 PE (46%), 766 LS (35%), 404 SH (19%) • 275 projects funded: 114 PE, 84 LS, 48 SH • Six panels for SH instead of 5 • SH1 - Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance and management : 79 proposals > 13 granted • SH2 - Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology: 82 > 7 • SH3 - Environment and society: environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies: 19 > 2

  10. Advanced Grants (AG) (3) • SH4 - The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education: 86 > 9 • SH5 - Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies: 40 > 5 • SH6 - The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory: 75 > 12

  11. Distribution of the 48 successful proposals (AG) • By country of the host institution: 12 UK, 8 FR, 5 DE, 5 SP, 5 NL, 4 IT, 3 CH, 1 BE, 1 BG, 1 DK, 1 FI, 1 HU, 1 SE • By nationality of the PI: 10 UK, 7 DE, 6 FR, 6 IT, 5 NL, 4 SP, 2 BE, 2 SE, 1 Australia, 1 BG, 1 DK, 1 EL, 1 IL, 1 USA • By subdomain: 24 in humanities, 24 in social sciences • By discipline: 7 History, 5 Linguistics, 4 Psycho-Neuro, 3 Philo, 3 Cultural Studies, 2 Archeo

  12. Interdisciplinary proposals • 29 projects granted: 11 from PE, 11 from LS, 7 from SH • 7 SH = 4 Humanities, 3 Social sciences 2 SH-6, 1 SH-1, 1 SH-2, 1 SH-3, 1 SH-4, 1 SH-5

  13. How are the proposals evaluated? • Pure peer-review method • Total confidence in the panels • Panel members and panel chairs selected and appointed by the scientific council: long process • 1st stage: decision taken by the panel members alone • 2nd stage: external reviewers called upon (selected by panel chairs and members) • External reviews thoroughly discussed by panel members before final decision made

  14. How are the proposals evaluated (2)? • For the 1st stage of evaluation, only two criteria are used by the panel members to sort the proposals: 1. the track record of the PI and 2. the scientific excellence of the project .

  15. Track record of the candidate in the Humanities • 10 most important publications in leading international peer-reviewed scientific journals for the last 10 years (Title, Journal, Year, Page numbers, number of citations, excluding auto-citations). For the citations, the candidate is free to use any database available. • Up to 10 monographs published in the last 10 years (Title, Year, Publisher, ISBN, number of translations, number of reviews,).

  16. Track record of the candidate in the Humanities (2) • Up to 10 invited lectures at peer-reviewed internationally established scientific conferences and/or Advanced Schools in the last 10 years (Title of contribution, Name of proceedings, Year, Number of citations) • Up to 5 scientific research expeditions or fieldwork trips over the last 10 years (Destination, Year, Funding) • Up to 5 memberships in Steering and/or Organising Committees for international conferences over the last 10 years (Title, Scientific association, Function, Place, Year) • Up to 5 prizes, awards, memberships of scientific academies (Title, institution, year)

  17. Track record of the candidate in the Humanities (3) • Provides a profile of the candidate who is not required to have the complete number of entries for each category.

  18. 2nd stage of the evaluation: what are the external evaluators required to do? • Three sections involved: 1. Evaluation of the PI (assessment of quality of research output/track record; assessment of intellectual capacity and creativity). Maximum grade of 4 2. Evaluation of research project (ground-breaking nature of research; potential impact; methodology; high-gain/high-risk balance). Maximum grade of 4 Note: there is a threshold of 2 for each category.

  19. 2nd stage of the evaluation: what are the external evaluators required to do? (2) 3. Research environment No grade: Pass/Fail The contribution to the project of the research environment is evaluated.

  20. Merci Thank you ! 谢谢

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