1. Your last degree level?

BA/BSc MA/MSc PhD Other If Other Explain

2. How many years of work experience have you obtained since you completed this degree?

Years since completed

3. Your current Center?

CIAT CIFOR CIMMYT CIP ICARDA ICLARM ICRAF ICRISAT IFPRI IITA ILRI IPGRI IRRI ISNAR IWMI WARDA

4. Current e-mail Address

5. Location of Current Work

Center's HQ Other major site of your center Field office or office at another CG center

6. Gender? you are

Male Female

7. Citizenship

8. How many years have you been in the CGIAR in total (need not have been continuous years of service)?

Total Years

9. What type of position do you currently hold?

Senior management (reports to a Director General) Middle management Internationally recruited scientist Nationally recruited Other If Other Explain

10. Which term best describes your MAIN function (the one on which you spend over 50% of your time, or the largest single block of your time) in your current position?

Adaptive, on-farm research Technology validation and transfer Strategic social science research Policy research Impact assessment Training, capacity building Center, regional office or project management Administrative support to management Methodology development Participatory learning eg. farmer field schools Gender studies Other If Other Explain

11. What is your major discipline of study for your highest degree obtained?

anthropology sociology economics; ag. Economics human/social geography other fields in geography political science, policy psychology human/ social ecology other fields in ecology communications extension education Other If Other Explain

The following questions (12 through 14) are intended to provide us with a picture of your career path in the CGIAR to date:

12. In what type of appointment did you first enter the CGIAR ?

pre-doctoral post doctoral fellow (PDF) senior scientist, above PDF manager seconded from another institution Other If Other Explain

13. How many years did you spend, or have you spent in your first (entry level) appointment in the CGIAR?

years in first appointment

14. Have you obtained a promotion to a position at a higher level of salary and benefits than in your entry level appointment ?

I am seconded from another institution or for some other reason, I am not eligible for a promotion in the CGIAR no promotion obtained, I am at the same level as when I entered yes, in the same Center I started in yes, in a different Center from the one I started in

15. How many years elapsed between taking up your entry appointment and your first promotion?

years elapsed.

16. Have you obtained other promotion(s) to a position at a higher level of salary and benefits?

I am seconded from another institution or for some other reason, I am not eligible for a promotion in the CGIAR no further promotion obtained yes, in the same Center I started in yes, in a different Center from the one I started in

17. What is the US dollar amount of the total annual budget for which you were personally responsible and were able to make decisions about in 2001?

Total annual budget was US $

18. What is the US dollar amount of the total annual budget for 2001 of the project(s) with which your work was associated (even if you were not able to make decisions about this amount)?

Total annual budget was US $

19. To which of the following topics is your current work (in 2001) mainly related - ie. you spend most of your time on these topics ? You can check up to three topics to describe this.

plant breeding IPM soils farming systems forestry, agroforestry postharvest, agroenterprises fisheries water management livestock, rangelands natural resource management GIS impact assessment institutional analysis policy analysis Other If Other Explain

20. Which describes your collaboration within your CGIAR center (check all that apply)

collaborate closely with others in my field/discipline collaborate closely with other social researchers collaborate with other biophysical scientist

21. Did your work in 2001 routinely involve you in active collaboration with one or more social researchers based in institutions in high income, or developed countries in the "north"?

No, I did not have active collaboration in 2001 Yes, I have active collaboration

Please state the names of the three institutions which are most important to your collaborative activities

22. Did your work in 2001 routinely involve you in active collaboration with one or more social researchers based in institutions in low income countries, in the "south" (e.g. NARS) ?

No, I did not have active collaboration in 2001 Yes, I have active collaboration

Please state the names of the three NARS institutions which are most important to your collaborative activities

23. Are you currently a recipient of a "restricted" or special project research grant which includes funding for social research, and for which you are a principal investigator and/or author on the proposal?

No Yes Amount US$

24. Please tell us about your publications derived from work you have done while employed in the CGIAR?

Number of

Refereed journal articles published Books authored Books edited Book chapters authored Training manuals Other kinds of publications

25. What is the single most important source of funding for the position you currently hold (ie. which provides the highest proportion of your salary and benefits)?

I am seconded to the CGIAR by a donor or other organization which pays for my position unrestricted "core"funds restricted funds or special project funds systemwide program Other If Other Explain

26. How many staff did you supervise during 2001, as part of the responsibilties in your current position?

number of staff supervised

27. Do you consider that you have had a mentor (a senior person who has your career interests at heart, actively guides your professional development and advises you on career choices)during your career ?

I have never had a mentor of any kind I have had a mentor

28. If you had one or more mentors, were they (mark all that apply)

at my CGIAR center, in my discipline at my CGIAR center, in another discipline at another CGIAR center, in my discipline at another CGIAR center, in another discipline outside the CGIAR, in my discipline outside the CGIAR, in another discipline

29. Training: Did you attend any form of outside training (refresher course; new subject courses) during last 3 years (1999-2001)?

No Yes If yes Explain

30. Professional Conference. Did the Center send you, at Center's expense, to any professional scientific conference in your field?

No Yes

31. Please give us your suggestions for topics you would like to see addressed in the program for the CGIAR Social Research Conference ?