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Panelist Spotlight: Dr. Angela Bednarek from The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Panelist Spotlight: Dr. Angela Bednarek from The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Panelist Spotlight Angela Bednarek
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Angela Bednarek, Ph.D., oversees Scientific Advancement at The Pew Charitable Trusts, which includes efforts to support groundbreaking science and ensure research informs public policy and improves outcomes. In this role, she oversees scientific grant and fellowship programs and co-founded and leads the Impact Funders Forum, a global collaborative aimed at closing the gap between research and impact. At Pew, she has created an array of initiatives and programs to support scientific research to inform policy and advance solutions to environmental challenges. She has published and presented widely on improving the connections between research, policy, and practice and serves on a variety scientific and public policy advisory committees and boards.
Bednarek has served an American Association for the Advancement of Science diplomacy fellow in the Office of Environmental Policy at the U.S. Department of State, a fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Bednarek holds a doctorate in biology from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Session outline for Global Values Underpinning Research Assessment
Discussions on reforming research assessment have gained momentum on a global scale. World-wide, organizations, institutions, funding agencies etc. address the need for reform of rewards and recognition. In Europe, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has captured and embodied the call for inclusive and responsible assessment. However, for reforms to be truly impactful, they need to be based in a global conversation about foundational values and promising practices for rethinking assessments. The design and direction of research careers, incentives, rewards, and metrics are highly co-dependent across countries and regions. Hence, the conference offers a platform to discuss – and challenge – the idea of transferable credentials and rewards, and the values underpinning global reforms. The Global Plenary Panel features representatives and voices from North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America to discuss global approaches to research assessment including the role of global funding agencies in creating an inclusive and responsible global assessment cultures.
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