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Peer review in an Era of Evaluation

Understanding the Practice of Gatekeeping in Academia

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Explores peer review in the scientific community and academia
  • Puts together a comprehensive set of conceptual and empirical contributions
  • Gives an overview on and examines peer review , and asks how it can move forward
  • Open Access

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Peer Review: Introduction and Its Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Peer Review in Academia

      • Eva Forsberg, Lars Geschwind, Sara Levander, Wieland Wermke
      Pages 3-36Open Access
  3. Peer Review and the Higher Education Evaluation Machinery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. The Many Faces of Peer Review

      • Hanne Foss Hansen
      Pages 107-126Open Access
    3. Peer Review in Public Administration: The Case of the Swedish Higher Education Authority

      • Agnes Ers, Kristina Tegler Jerselius
      Pages 147-172Open Access
    4. Peer Advocacy: Expressions of Loyalty in Peer Review

      • Lars Geschwind, Kristina Edström
      Pages 203-222Open Access
    5. Is Peer Review Fit for Purpose?

      • Malcolm Tight
      Pages 223-241Open Access
  4. Specificities of Different Peer-Review Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
    2. Peer Review in Academic Promotion of Excellent Teachers

      • Eva Forsberg, Sara Levander, Maja Elmgren
      Pages 245-274Open Access
    3. Typecasting in the Recruitment of Full Professors

      • Sara Levander, Eva Forsberg, Sverker Lindblad, Gustaf J. Bjurhammer
      Pages 327-346Open Access
    4. Bureaucratic, Professional and Managerial Power in University Tenure Track Recruitment

      • Tea Vellamo, Jonna Kosonen, Taru Siekkinen, Elias Pekkola
      Pages 371-402Open Access

About this book


This open access volume explores peer review in the scientific community and academia. While peer review is as old as modern science itself, recent changes in the evaluation culture of higher education systems have increased the use of peer review, and its purposes, forms and functions have become more diversified. This book put together a comprehensive set of conceptual and empirical contributions on various peer review practices with relevance for the scientific community and higher education institutions worldwide. Consisting of three parts, the editors and contributors examine the history, problems and developments of peer review, as well as the specificities of various peer review practices. In doing so, this book gives an overview on and examine peer review , and asks how it can move forward.

This is an open access book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Eva Forsberg, Sara Levander

  • Department Learning in Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lars Geschwind

  • Department of Special Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Wieland Wermke

About the editors

Eva Forsberg is Professor of Education at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses education governance and evaluation, academic work and the interface between educational policy, practice and research.

 

Lars Geschwind is Professor in Engineering Education Policy and Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His main research interests are higher education policy, institutional governance, academic leadership and academic work.

 

Sara Levander is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Education at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research interests are higher education, academic work and faculty evaluation in academic recruitment and promotion.

 

Wieland Wermke is Associate Professor in Special Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research interest focuses on comparative education methodology, and teacher practice at different levels of education.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peer review in an Era of Evaluation

  • Book Subtitle: Understanding the Practice of Gatekeeping in Academia

  • Editors: Eva Forsberg, Lars Geschwind, Sara Levander, Wieland Wermke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75263-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75262-0Published: 04 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75265-1Published: 26 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75263-7Published: 03 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 402

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Research Skills

Buy it now

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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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