A historian between millstones (An analysis of the current criteria for evaluation of the quality of university research in the field of the historical sciences in Slovakia and their practical results). Cover Image

Historik medzi mlynskými kameňmi (analýza aktuálnych kritérií hodnotenia kvality výstupov vysokoškolského výskumu v oblasti historických vied na slovensku a ich praktické dôsledky)
A historian between millstones (An analysis of the current criteria for evaluation of the quality of university research in the field of the historical sciences in Slovakia and their practical results).

Author(s): Martin Pekár
Subject(s): History, Education, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Slovakia; Universities; Historical Sciences; Scientometria; CREPČ; Comprehensive accreditation; Qualification procedures;

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the present criteria for evaluating the quality of published work in the historical sciences at universities. It traces the criteria used when distributing grants, deciding on comprehensive accreditation and during qualification procedures. The analysis shows that the current criteria are inconsistent in content, do not correspond to the tradition of research and do not react to the current problems of research in the field of the historical sciences in Slovakia. The study also points to the fact that bad setting of the criteria are bringing into practice a whole series of negative phenomena, which include casting of doubt on the value of the humanities for society, efforts to evade the criteria by means of various questionable strategies, decline in the quality of research and the whole academic environment.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 683-698
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Slovak
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