På bakrommet til sakkyndige bedømmelsesutvalg. En kamp om å fortolke kriteriene

Abstract

This chapter offers outsiders a view of what goes on when a committee of experts assesses a candidate’s application for promotion to docent. The authors discuss various interpretations of the criteria a candidate must fulfill to attain promotion and the fact that different committees employ different interpretations. Some analytical questions and predetermined assumptions are used as reflective tools to analyze the experiences in six cases. In closing, the chapter offers some recommendations to the parties involved in various levels of the docent path: academic institutions and their administrations, members of assessment committees and the docent candidates themselves.