The Minerva Code Silvana Vallerga Consiglio Nazionale delle

The Minerva Code Silvana Vallerga Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy & Helsinki Group on Women and Science 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006

the challenge fairer deal for women in science recruitment procedures 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 2

2000 ETAN report: good practice • encourage women to apply for research fellowships and senior posts • evolve more transparent methods of assessing merit, quality and productivity • use fair selection and recruitment practices: all posts advertised, job/person specifications provided • end the use of patronage to fill posts and jobs tailored to fit particular candidates 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 3

2002: Barcelona declaration • Increase within 2010 – the research budget from 1. 9 % to 3 % of GDP – the talent pool for researchers of 50 %. • Need to tap the unused human potential – women are the majority of graduates (58%) – encourage women participation in research 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 4

2005: European Charter for Researchers & Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers Adopted by the European Commission on 11/03/05 “The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers aims to improve recruitment, to make selection procedures fairer and more transparent and proposes different means of judging merit: Merit should not just be measured on the number of publications but on a wider range of evaluation criteria, such as teaching, supervision, teamwork, knowledge transfer, management and public awareness activities. ” 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 5

Women in the FP data from FP 4 - Programme MAST Co-ordinators in FP • proposals submitted by of women 12% • rate of success for women’s proposals 80% • rate of success for men’s proposals 25% Women co-ordinators have lower academic positions 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 6

Women in Science, EU 25 SHE Figures 2003 Women Men • Graduates 58% 42% • Ph. D 41% 59% • Level 3 (researcher) 40% 60% • Level 2 (associate/senior researcher) 32% 68% • Level 1 (full professor/director of research) 14% 86% 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 7

evaluation of students • candidates students • evaluation board professors • criterion knowledge of the subject • instruments written/oral examination • environment open 58% of graduates 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting leaving universities are women Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 8

evaluation at level 3 • candidates graduates/doctorates • evaluation board appointed by the institution • criteria partly decided by the board • instruments CV, references, written & oral examination • environment 2/3 open at level 3: women 40% - men 60% 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 9

evaluation at level 2 • candidates researchers • evaluation board appointed by the institution • criteria partly decided by the board • instruments CV, references, oral examination • environment 1/2 open at level 2: women 32% - men 68% 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 10

evaluation at level 1 • candidates associates • evaluation board appointed by the institution • criteria decided by the board • instruments CV, references • environment closed at level 1: women 14% - men 86% 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 11

can we make recruitment fairer? Elements • advertisement of posts • candidates • evaluation board • criteria • instruments • environment 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 12

improving transparency • posts public & timely advertisement • candidates encourage women to participate • evaluation board qualified & independent • criteria all known • instruments verifiable • environment open 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 13

Women in Science, EU 25 SHE Figures 2003 Women Men • Graduates 58% 42% • Ph. D 41% 59% • Level 3 (researcher) 40% 60% • Level 2 (associate/senior researcher) 32% 68% • Level 1 (full professor/director of research) 14% 86% we can make evaluation fairer with the Minerva Code 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 14

Minerva Code 1. Call to be advertised at least 2 months in advance 2. All evaluation criteria published in the job description 3. CVs of the evaluation board’s members available 4. CVs of candidates available 5. List of winners and their CVs published 13 th Helsinki Group Meeting Brussels, 19 - 20 January 2006 15