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Stepping out of the shadow: internationalizing communication research in CEE

Stepping out of the shadow: internationalizing communication research in CEE. Václav Štětka ECREA CEE Network Chair PolCoRe , Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism , Charles University in Prague. CEECOM 2015 International Conference, Zagreb 12-14 June 2015.

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Stepping out of the shadow: internationalizing communication research in CEE

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  1. Stepping out of the shadow: internationalizing communication research in CEE Václav Štětka ECREA CEE Network Chair PolCoRe, Institute ofCommunicationStudies and Journalism, Charles University in Prague CEECOM 2015 International Conference, Zagreb 12-14 June 2015

  2. Assessing/reflecting the East/West gap in social sciences • European Social Foudation (2010) PromotingInternationalisationoftheSocialSciencesin Central and Eastern Europe. SCSS Position Paper. • Palné Kovács & Kutsar (eds.) (2010) InternationalisationofSocialSciencesin Central andEasternEurope. The ‘catching up’ – a myth or a strategy? Routledge. • PłoszajA., Olechnicka A, (2015), ‘Running faster or measuring better? How is the R&D sector in Central and Eastern Europe catching up with Western Europe?’, GRINCOH Working Paper Series, Paper No. 3.06 “Theslow and contestedinternationalisation”

  3. Historical legacies: hindrance to internationalization • “Catching up with Western Europe is blocked particularly by the several decades of isolation of the Central and Eastern European research community (primarily in the social sciences)” Kutsar& Palné Kovács(2010: 1-2)

  4. Participation in ESF activities and proposals by scientists from Europe vs CEE, 2004-2008 Source: ESF 2010

  5. Coordinators of social sciences and humanities projectsin EU Framework Programmes (1994-2006)CEE coordinators:FP5: 3%FP6: 6%(source: ESF 2010) Coordinators of FP7 projects (all disciplines) from CEE countries (EU10) 3.7% Success rate of EU10 applications in ERC programmes: 4.3% (source: Rauch & Ulrich 2012)

  6. Expenditure on R&D and employment in R&D: EU15 vs EU10 GERD as a % of GDP Employment in R&D as a % of population Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  7. GERD as % of GDP by country Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  8. R&D Expenditure vs FP7 success Source: Rauch & Ulrich 2012

  9. Publications in WoS journals 2000-2013: CEE authors account for 10.9% of total production Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  10. CEE countries’sharein articles and citations of EU10 (WoS, 2000-2013) Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  11. Citations per article in EU10 vs EU15 Excluding WoS journals published outside EU10 All WoS journals Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  12. Citations per article by authorsfromEU10s (excluding WoSjournalspublished in EU10) Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  13. Percentage of articles with at least one foreign affiliation (excl. CEE journals) Source: Płoszaj& Olechnicka 2015

  14. Examining publication outputs by CEE scholars in media/communication journals: an unexplored territory • Braun and Schubert (1996): research on publications from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia • Elena Tarasheva(2011) : The place of Eastern European researchers in international discourse: Critical discourse analysis. Discourse & Society 22 (2), 190-208. • a case study on eight ‘Western’ journals which publish CDA research to establish the number of articles by Eastern Europeans • Journals included Media, Culture & Society; Communication Research; Discourse & Society; Theory, Culture & Society • Out of 5699 articles in the sample (1990-2010), 39 (0.68%) came from authors from Eastern Europe

  15. Research articles in 8 communication/linguistic journals (SAGE) published by CEE scholars between 1990-2010 (Tarasheva, 2011)

  16. Publication record of CEE scholars in international media & communication journals A pilot study

  17. Methodology • Method: content analysis of publication record of CEE-based scholars in selected international media & communication journals • Sample: 15 keycommunicationjournalspublished by Western publishers (Sage, Taylor&Francis, Wiley); allindexed in WoS • time scope: 2005-2014 • only articles with authors affiliated to universities residing in CEE countries • only research/review articles • Variables: forms of authorship, types of methodologies, types of journal issue

  18. Time development: is there any progress at all?

  19. Authors by countries

  20. Universitieswith more than 1 article

  21. Summary • CEE media & communication scholarshavingmarginalimpacton the top-level internationalpublictationscene • situation does not seem to be improving in time • Virtually no presence in journals with highest IF • With the exception of Slovenia, publication record of other countries limited to just a handful of articles • Most universities represented by just one article • Relative lack of empirical research & quantitative methodologies • Low attention devoted to new/online/social media

  22. So… what to do about it? • International co-publishing activities: “simple and robust indicator of the internationalisation of science” (Kramberger& Mali,2010: 199) • need to actively seek collaborative projects leading to co-publications with Western authors • increasing international visibility: joint database of CEE institutions / projects / researchers for improving networking • > “match-making application” - ECREA CEE Network initiative • overcoming “self-stigmatisation” of CEE scholars (Kutsar & Kovács, 2010: 222) • Internationalization from below: promoting & enhancing international experience of graduate/PhD students • Encouraging participation at international graduate conferences • Joint PhD supervision with Western universities • Preventingfrom“brain drain”: creating conditions for young CEE scholars with international experience to return back to CEE

  23. Thank you! vaclav.stetka@fsv.cuni.cz

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