Session 4

“Assessing research integration and its potential impact”

Prof. Beate Kohler-Koch University of Mannheim / University of Bremen

Findings from the CONNEX Statistical Network Analysis

Evolution of the number of contacts

between network members

Sept 04 June 05

March 08

April 06 April 07

Quantitative and qualitative integration

T1 - Sept 2004 Number

Increase in comparison to foreyear

Contacts N=90    

Amount contacts 934  

valued contacts 1707  

T2- June 2005    

Contacts N=90    

Amount contacts 1426 1,5

valued contacts 2405 1,4

T3- April 2006 *    

Contacts N=90    

Amount contacts 1870 1,3

valued contacts 3010 1,3

T4- June 2007    

Contacts N=100    

Amount contacts 2223 1,2

valued contacts 3881 1,3

T5- March 2008    

Contacts N= 99    

Amount contacts 3118 1,4

valued contacts 5284 2,4

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Evolution of interdisciplinary connections between members

Red= political science | Blue= sociology | Yellow= economics | Grey= lawGreen= other

Sept 2004

March 2008

Evolution of interdisciplinary connections between members

Red= political science | Blue= sociology | Yellow= economics | Grey= lawGreen= other

Contacts structure between participants with different degrees of academic seniorityRed= Professor / SeniorBlue= Post-Doc / Junior

Yellow= PhD

Sept 04

Contacts structure between participants with different degrees of academic seniorityRed= Professor / SeniorBlue= Post-Doc / Junior

Yellow= PhD

March 08

Evolution of core periphery relationshipYellow= coreBlue= south

Red= east / periphery

Sept 04

Evolution of core periphery relationshipYellow= core (Germany, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Belgium, EUI, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden)

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Blue= south (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece)

Red= east / periphery (Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Russia )

March 08

 

T1 average number of contacts

T3 average number of contacts

Contacts increase T3/T1 (%)

T5 average number of contacts

Contacts increase T5/T3 (%)

Contacts increase T5/T1 (%)

ALL Participants 10,4 20,8 200,0% 31,5 151,4% 302,9%

Male 10 20,9 209,0% 30,7 146,9% 307,0%

Female 11,2 20,5 183,0% 33,5 163,4% 299,1%

Core 13,6 25,2 185,3% 34,7 137,7% 255,1%

Southern periphery 6 14,8 246,7% 24,6 166,2% 410,0%

Eastern Periphery 4,4 12,5 284,1% 25,7 205,6% 584,1%

Prof/Senior 13,3 24,9 187,2% 33,8 135,7% 254,1%

PostDoc 8,8 19 215,9% 32,5 171,1% 369,3%

PhD candidates 3 8,7 290,0% 20,2 232,2% 673,3%

Research integration and the reduction of imbalances

Evolution of most valued contacts

Joint activities & joint cooperation

  T1 T3 T5

Core 139 312 538

Southern periphery 37 52 61

Eastern periphery 10 32 37

Prof/Senior 116 231 371

PostDoc 59 99 175

PhD 9 13 42

Impact of research integration on the contact of individuals

Case 1

Senior scholar from Poland

Sept 04

April 06

March 08