The following document presents the conceptual framework of the GEDII project. As such it reviews the literature roughly pertaining to three quite separate knowledge fields, namely Team Science (Chapter 1), Research Assessment (Chapter 2) and Gender Research (Chapter 3). Overall, we have proceeded to review first the literature on the main factors that affect team performance, followed by the different ways that research is currently assessed and evaluated. The third chapter then aims to flesh

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... ut the gender dimensions of team science and research assessment in order to arrive at an understanding how gender diversity specifically affects team performance. The fourth chapter finally spells out the methodological implications for our case study research, the development of the Gender- Diversity-Index and the survey.