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Research evaluation 2005-2010

Research community of history (HIST) is participating to research evaluation 2005-2010. More information about our aims etc. below.

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Latest

RC as well steering group had meeting 17th of June. RC discussed about PhD-students reports, seminars (Tvärminne in March and Suomenlinna in December), possible travel grants and further schedule.

  • PhD-students were asked to return their annual reports at spring (18.4.-20.5.2011). 52 PhD-students answered. RC discussed about their answers and hopes for future seminars etc.
  • RC noted that 2 day workshop in Tvärminne in March was successful, and that RC will organize next seminar in Suomenlinna (one day). Date was decided for 2nd of December, overall theme is “Issue of sources”. There will be keynote lecture(s) by international speaker(s) depending on costs.
    RC also decided to organize smaller seminars, “theme afternoons”, at the department (possible themes for example: post-doc career; publishing etc.)
  • RC has gained external funding to organize Tvärminne and Suomenlinna seminars, and is also able to deliver 10-15 travel grants for PhD-students. Application time will be in August-September.
  • RC noted that RC has had six meetings at this academic year. RC also discussed about Research Evaluations schedule for autumn and noted that panel will be held 20.9.2011. Panelists and schedules are found from Research Evalution's wikipage.
  • RC also noted that this meeting was last with professor Clark as chairman, and expressed their gratitude to him.

Steering group discussed (17th of June) about Research Evaluation, possibility to organize sabbatical leaves and international keynote lecturers.

Aims

The Research Community aims to further consolidate and extend its scientific and public reputation as one of the main centres of historical research in Finland and the Nordic countries, with an international status for the quality of its research. 

  • We will continue  to promote a research culture which maintains the best traditions of the department, promotes high standards of research and encourages research collaboration at all levels of the Research Community. We recognise that important opportunities are offered by interdisciplinary, inter-university and international research collaboration
  • We aim to ensure that a growing proportion of the Research Community’s scientific output is of a high international standard and published in international languages.
  • We aim to generate high levels of external research income, including income from alumni and the private sector.
  • We will continue to encourage and promote the participation of a growing number of staff and students in international projects and at major international conferences.
  • We aim to ensure that a high  proportion of senior staff  continue to serve as members of national and international policy-forming bodies and grant-awarding committees
  • The Research Community will aim to ensure through outreach and media activities the positive contribution of its research work in national debates and discussions, thereby maintaining the high public visibility of the Research Community in the society and community at large.

 

Research Culture

The role of the Research Community and its management is to create and develop a structure which supports, encourages and rewards excellence in research.  This is a process which is ongoing and long-term. As in the past, the Research Community will  sustain a healthy and lively research community made up of a range of specialisms, but also a range of people at different stages of their careers and of different outlooks.  It will seek to encourage and attract more research students and post-doctoral fellows who will play an important role in this research community over the next decade.

The Research Community recognises the important and valuable traditions associated with the long-established chairs and research clusters in the department, but it also believes in the importance of research collaboration across the Research Community involving both senior and younger scholars.

An important element in the maintenance of a lively research environment in the Research Community are the seminars, colloquia and workshops organised by the individual professors. We strongly support these. But we also see the value of departmental wide seminars and research initiatives with the aim of attracting participants from other departments and universities, particularly from abroad. In 2005-10 the former department supported a wide range of these cross-chair activities and RC plans more activities in the next five years.

The synergy between research and teaching remains a close one. We believe that the new Masters programmes initiated by the department/Research Community provide an important structured training progression for future doctoral students and researchers. The Research Community also encourages the participation of doctoral students in post-graduate training workshops in History and related fields.

 

Research Groups and Clusters

While recognising the continuing importance of the individual scholar, the Research Community also recognises the value of clusters and groups of scholars working in related areas.  The Research Community sees its structure as developing an overall framework of a number of these groups. New and replacement appointments will be, as far as is possible, located within the framework of these groups.  The subject is never static and these groupings need to be reviewed on a regular basis.

The thematic groupings in 2010 are:
 (1) ancient and medieval cultures
(2) the economic and cultural transformation of pre-industrial Europe
(3) political thinking in early modern and modern Europe
(4) urbanization, industrialization and modernization
(5) psychological perspectives to historical processes
(6) the construction of national and trans-national identities
(7) war and society

 

International Activities and Workshop

 

Projects

Historical subjects in the Faculty of Arts

Shortcuts

SHARP Helsinki 2010