Proceedings STS Conference Graz 2015 S7

Does Quality Count? On the Role of Metrics in Academic Accountability Politics (1)
May 11, Afternoon Session 2

Maximilian Fochler:
Metrics as Infrastructures for a Marketization of Research.
On the Epistemic and Social Consequences of the Accumulation of Evaluative Worth in Contemporary
Academia

Marcela Linkova:
Walking a Tightrope: Natural Science Research Organization Between the Dynastic and Dynamic Organization and Implications for Researchers’ Careers

David Mills:
Metrics and Emotions: Perspectives from Anthropology

Does Quality Count? On the Role of Metrics in Academic Accountability Politics (2)
May 12, Morning Session

Yuri Jack Gómez-Morales:
Bibliometrics as an Administrative Practice: Matters of Concern, S&T Governability and Cultural Change. A Case Study

Gunnar Sivertsen:
A Critical Discussion of the Attempt epresent “Quality” and “Excellence” in National Systems for the Evaluation and Funding of Research Institutions

Alex Rushforth, Sarah de Rijcke:
“Where Are the Metrics?” Organised Ambiguity in an
Institutional, Impact-Oriented Research Assessment Exercise

Tereza Stockelova, Marcela Linkova:
Scaling Up and Down the Audit in Academia