Evaluating Science and Scientists: An East-West Dialogue on Research Evaluation in Post-Communist Europe

Reforms in the evaluation and funding of scientific research are a key element in the broader process of economic reform in Eastern Europe. Evaluating Science and Scientists examines the introduction of competitive funding systems based on peer review and surveys Western experience in the
design and management of evaluation systems. The contributors also offer concrete suggestions for dealing with some of the problems that Eastern European reformers have encountered in introducing new evaluation systems.