Join the Working Group Workshop on 27 June 2025
Inclusive Excellence: Why and How?
On 27 June 2025, 14h-16h CET, the Working Group TIER – Towards an Inclusive Evaluation of Research (WG TIER) invites you to participate in an online workshop open to all CoARA members. The online workshop will present the WG TIER’s activities over the past year and will reflect on central questions around the concepts of excellence and inclusivity in research evaluation practices in an open, roundtable discussion.
Over the past year, WG TIER has taken key steps to advance its mission:
1. Mapping Current Practices: To date, WG Tier has collected data to monitor progress about equality, diversity and inclusion in evaluation procedures and analysed case studies in four countries and at EU-level, showing different levels for data and variations in considering diverse career paths.
2. Building a Bias Mitigation Toolkit: WG Tier is developing a growing catalogue of open-access tools and online training materials to help counteract various types of bias in assessment procedures — with an aim to support institutions in making fairer, more consistent decisions.
3. Surveying Key Biases and Institutional Practices: A survey was conducted to identify key biases affecting hiring, career progression, grant allocation, and self-reported biases. The findings also aim to shed light on the assessment of organisational climates within institutions, as well as to evaluate mitigation strategies previously implemented and to propose new ones.
During the session, WG TIER will present preliminary results from these activities. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion featuring chairs of other CoARA Working Groups. This is a chance not only to share insights but also to build stronger links between WGs, harmonise activities, and encourage open dialogue among members. The workshop invites participants to reflect on what the concepts of excellence and inclusivity mean in research assessment today and how they can be incorporated in evaluation practices to reflect both rigor and fairness. After the preliminary results presentation, a round table will foster discussion with other WGs chairs and the exchange of views among participants.
Please join WG TIER for the workshop and share your insights on fostering inclusive research assessment:
📅 Date: June 27, 2025
🕑 Time: 14h–16h CET
📍 Location: Online – please click here for the Zoomlink!
🎟️ Open to all CoARA members
Contact silvia.penati@unimib.it and bonaria.biancu@unimib.it for more information!