Supplementary requirements prior to April 1 2025

Mid-term evaluation

Mid-term evaluation procedure for hirings before April 1^st 2025

Adopted by the Board of The Faculty of Social Sciences 5 December, 2019

• The Department of Economics will arrange a mid-term evaluation in the fourth year of the tenure-track period, adjusted for leave of absence the candidate is entitled to by law or collective agreement.
• At the beginning of the fourth year, the head of department will give a deadline to the candidate for submission of the basis for the mid-term evaluation.
• The mid-term evaluation is carried out by a committee of four recognized researchers. Two of the researchers must be from international academic institutions and two should be from the Department of Economics. One external and one internal researcher shall be selected on the basis of suggestions from the candidate. One of the internal researchers will act as the committee coordinator.
• The members of the committee must write individual reports in which they evaluate the candidate¡¯s progression. The evaluation of progression is based on the requirements for the final evaluation. The committee must take into account that the progression may be uneven. The report shall also provide feedback that may help the candidate meet the requirements for the final evaluation.

Each individual report should end in a tentative conclusion within one of four categories:

1. The candidate is well placed to meet the requirements for the final evaluation
2. Given that the current progression is continued, it is likely that the candidate will meet the requirements for the final evaluation
3. The candidate has done good research, but should improve his or her progression in order to reach the requirements for the final evaluation
4. The candidate is far behind a reasonable course to be able to reach the requirements for the final evaluation

The reports are sent to the committee coordinator.

If all committee members conclude with categories 1, 2, or 3, the candidate is considered to have satisfied the academic requirements to continue in the tenure track.

The committee coordinator submits the four reports to the Department of Economics, which then submits the verdict to the candidate for comment. The reports form the basis for further follow-up of the candidate at the Department.

If one or more members of the committee tentatively conclude that the candidate is in category 4 (far behind a reasonable course), the committee shall write a joint evaluation of whether the candidate meets the academic conditions to continue in the tenure track.

The committee coordinator submits the evaluation to the Department of Economics, which sends the evaluation to the candidate. The candidate is given a period of two weeks to comment on the evaluation in writing.

The evaluation, the candidate's written comments, and the head of Department's recommendation are sent to the faculty.

Supplementary requirements for hirings

Adopted by the Board of The Faculty of Social Sciences 10 December, 2015.

1. In order to be considered for a tenured position the candidate must satisfy the minimum requirement for publishing, which states that the candidate must have collected at least four publishing points under the following rules:
   • One point is granted for (co-)authorship of an article published in a general top ranked journal, or in a top ranked journal within the relevant fields. Publications in the following journals grant points:
     • General top journals: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, and Review of Economics and Statistics
     • Top field journals: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, and Theoretical Economics.
     • Articles published in other journals may after specific consideration also grant points if the article is judged to clearly hold a standard equivalent to typical articles published in the aforementioned journals.
   • One additional point is also granted if the following three conditions are met: The article is published in one of these five top ranking journals: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, or Review of Economic Studies; The article has no more than three authors; And none of the co-authors have been a doctoral supervisor for the candidate.
2. Candidates satisfying the minimum requirement will be evaluated by a committee of at least five members, where at least four out of the five belong to prominent international universities.
   • The committee is asked to evaluate whether:
     • The candidate can be ranked among the best researchers of his or her generation (that is, researchers with a doctoral degree completed around the same time as the candidate.);
     • The candidate would be considered for employment among the top 15 foremost universities in Europe;
     • The candidate qualifies for a relevant ERC Grant.
   • For candidates to a tenure-track associate professorship position, the committee must also evaluate if the candidate qualify to be appointed to a professorship according to the?Department¡¯s rules.
   • If the committee¡¯s assessment is positive, the candidate must be considered as meeting the requirements for a permanent appointment.

Supplementary requirements for hirings for the period January 1 2020 to March 31 2025

Adopted by the Board of The Faculty of Social Sciences 5 December, 2019

Criteria for successful evaluation for a tenured position

These regulations apply for employees in tenure-track positions hired after January 1st 2020.

The candidate must demonstrate excellence in research and teaching, as well as citizenship, and show a strong potential for contributing to further development of the department. Research

1) In order to be considered for a tenured position the candidate must satisfy the minimum requirement for publishing, which states that the candidate must have collected at least four publishing points under the following rules:

• One point is granted for (co-)authorship of an article published in a general top-ranked journal, or in a top-ranked journal within the relevant fields. Publications in the following journals grant points:
  • General top journals: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, and Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Top field journals: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, and Theoretical Economics.
  • Articles published in other journals may after specific consideration also grant points if the article is judged to hold a standard equivalent to typical articles published in the aforementioned journals.
  • A strong Revise&Resubmit to the above-mentioned journals may after specific consideration also grant points. The article needs to have a clear path to publication.
• One additional point is also granted if the following three conditions are met: The article is published in one of these five top-ranking journals: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, or Review of Economic Studies; The article has no more than three authors; And none of the co-authors have been a doctoral supervisor for the candidate.
• One additional point is also granted for a single-authored article in the above-mentioned journals. Only one article can qualify for an extra point according to this rule.

2) Candidates satisfying the minimum requirement will be evaluated by a committee of at least five members, where at least four out of the five belong to prominent international universities.

• The committee is asked to evaluate whether:
  • The candidate can be ranked among the best researchers of his or her generation (that is, researchers with a doctoral degree completed around the same time as the candidate.);
  • The candidate would be considered for employment among the top 15 foremost universities in Europe;
  • The candidate qualifies for a relevant ERC Grant.
• For candidates to a tenure-track associate professorship position, the committee must also evaluate if the candidate qualify to be appointed to a professorship according to the Department¡¯s rules.
• If the committee¡¯s assessment is positive, the candidate must be considered as meeting the research requirements for a permanent appointment.

Teaching and citizenship

The evaluation of the candidates¡¯ teaching and citizenship will be conducted by the Department of Economics at UiO. The evaluation may use input from the Heads of Programme at the Department.

Teaching

The teaching should be of high quality and the candidate is also expected to contribute by renewing courses or developing new courses offered by the department. The students¡¯ course evaluations and evaluations of the candidate as a lecturer should be satisfactory.

Citizenship

The candidate is expected to actively contribute in matters of importance to the department, like recruitment of new faculty, seminar series, committees, research communication.

The administrative process

Adopted by the Board of The Faculty of Social Sciences 5 December, 2019

The Department will arrange for an evaluation of the holder of a tenure-track position in the last year of the engagement. The process is described in three stages:

Stage 1: The candidate submit the material for evaluation

The deadline for submitting the material for evaluation is announced by the Head of Department and normally should be set no later than at the start of final year of the contract period.

Stage 2: Evaluation committee and evaluation report.

The Department of Economics proposes a committee of at least five members, where at least four of the five belong to prominent international universities. The committee must satisfy the same requirements as committees for evaluating applicants for an ordinary associate professorship (tenure-track assistant professor)/full professorship (tenure-track associate professor).

The objective for the committee is to evaluate the research qualifications of the candidate, based on the submitted documentation and possibly additional retrieved information. The candidate may submit acceptance or resubmission letters from journals until the committee finalizes its report.

Stage 3: Final evaluation

The reports on research qualifications and on teaching and citizenship are presented to the Board of the Department of Economics. If the candidate fulfills the criteria for a successful tenure track period, the Department will propose to the Faculty of Social Sciences that the candidate is offered a tenured position as associate professor/full professor.