Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
GYA Roles
Institution
Tallinn University
Institte of Social Sciences
Narva mnt 25-29, 10120, Tallinn, Estonia
Research Interests
Shadow economies, research careers, development in practice, fundraising, strategic thinking, science excellence, open science, research policy
Topics to speak on:
open access, science excellence, science evaluation, publication strategies, management of academic careers, life-work balance, shadow, illegal and illicit economies
Biography
Abel Polese is a researcher, writer, development worker, fundraiser. In addition to research on modes of governance in the developing world, he is interested in
1) management of academic careers. He delivers workshops and trainings on how to design your career strategy, optimize your publication outcome and think strategically of your career
2) science evaluation. He is co-lead of the excellence in science WG at GYA and is working to redefine criteria used to evaluate scientific performance
3) open science. He is co-lead of the Open Science WG at GYA and is working to a training for young scientists on how to avoid predatory publishers
Awards
2011 Global Education Award (Council of Europe, North-South Center)
Activities
