Torger Möller studied Sociology, Computer Science, Medical Sociology and Economics at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg. He was a member of the Institute of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Bielefeld from 1999 to 2003. From 2003 to 2007 he worked at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities in the federal research programme "Knowledge for Decision-making Processes - Research on the Relationship between Science, Politics and Society". During this time he also held courses at the Charité University Hospital. Afterwards he worked at the Department of Risk Communication at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. In 2008 the Institut Mensch, Ethik und Wissenschaft awarded him a prize for young academics for the results of his doctoral thesis. From 2009 to 2011 he worked at the Center for Cluster Development at the Freie Universität Berlin. Torger Möller has been a member of the DZHW (previously iFQ) since April 2011.

Dr. Torger Möller
Research Area Governance in Higher Education and Science
Researcher
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Academic research fields
Science Studies, Research Evaluation, Governance, Bibliometrics, Research Funding and Peer Review
List of projects
List of publications
Factors influencing the academic career – an event history analysis.Mom, C., van den Besselaar, P., & Möller, T. (2022).Factors influencing the academic career – an event history analysis. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicator (STI 2022), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6975565 |
Identifying gender bias and its causes and effects.van den Besselaar, P., Mom, C., Cruz-Castro, L., Sanz-Menéndez, L., Möller, T., ... & Husu, L. (2020).Identifying gender bias and its causes and effects. Amsterdam: TMC. Abstract
Grant selection and decision-making generally take place in panels. Therefore, the main focus of the project is to measure the level of gender bias at the panel level, and to explain the differences in gender bias using characteristics of the panels and of the (organizational) context of the panels. A second source of gender bias addressed in the project is the application process. The project also investigates the factors influencing the decision to apply for research grants, and the possible gender differences emerging from that. Finally, the question is addressed whether possible bias in grant allocation translates into gender bias in the subsequent academic career. |
The Impact of Research Funding Agencies on the Research Performance of five European Countries. A Funding Acknowledgements Analysis.Möller, T. (2019).The Impact of Research Funding Agencies on the Research Performance of five European Countries. A Funding Acknowledgements Analysis. In Catalano, G., Daraio, C., Gregori, M., Moed, H. F., & Ruocco, G (Hrsg.) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2019), Vol. 2, (S. 2279-2287). Edizioni Efesto. ISBN 978-88-3381-118-5. |
Same objectives, different governance – How the Excellence Initiative and the Pact for Research and Innovation affect the German science system.Möller, T. (2018).Same objectives, different governance – How the Excellence Initiative and the Pact for Research and Innovation affect the German science system. Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, 45, 4-8. |
Gut für Projektionen - Was Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler über die Exzellenzinitiative denken.Johann, D., Möller, T., & Neufeld, J. (2016).Gut für Projektionen - Was Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler über die Exzellenzinitiative denken. duz Deutsche Universitätszeitung, 8/2016, 22-23. |
Messung möglicher Auswirkungen der Exzellenzinitiative sowie des Pakts für Forschung und Innovation auf die geförderten Hochschulen und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen.Möller, T. (2016).Messung möglicher Auswirkungen der Exzellenzinitiative sowie des Pakts für Forschung und Innovation auf die geförderten Hochschulen und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen. Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem Nr. 09-2016. Herausgegeben von der Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI), Berlin. |
Die Exzellenzinitiative und das deutsche Wissenschaftssystem: Eine bibliometrische Wirkungsanalyse.Hornbostel, S., & Möller, T. (2015).Die Exzellenzinitiative und das deutsche Wissenschaftssystem: Eine bibliometrische Wirkungsanalyse. Wissenschaftspolitik im Dialog 12. Berlin: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
Uwagi krytyczne na temat pojęć kolektyw myślowy, styl myślowy i wymiana myśli. Problemy z możliwością nawiązania do Flecka z perspektywy współczesnej.Möller, T. (2015).Uwagi krytyczne na temat pojęć kolektyw myślowy, styl myślowy i wymiana myśli. Problemy z możliwością nawiązania do Flecka z perspektywy współczesnej. In B. Chołuj & J. C. Joerden (Hrsg.), Od faktu naukowego do produkcji wiedzy, (S. 299-315). Warszawa: WUW. |