University Research Evaluation and Funding: An International Comparison

Geuna, Aldo; Martin, Ben R.

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“…But also at the European level examples can be found of this 'research excellence drive', for example, in the form of the establishment of the European Research Council (ERC), and the process of setting up a European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Hence, while the policy debate may have different labels attached to it, not least the search for a changed institutional landscape, search for institutional diversity, or more performance-focused funding schemes, the issue often on the agenda is greater concentration of research talents and resources (Geuna and Martin 2003;van Vught 2006).…”

Section: Attempts Aiming At Greater Concentration In Researchmentioning

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“…Still, a number of problems can be identified. For example, concentration of resources in research may actually weaken the strategic ability of a given university (Geuna and Martin 2003;Geiger 2004)-for example, in developing external links. The sources of research funding may here be of importance as industry funding is quite positively related to applied research, external collaboration and networks (Gulbrandsen and Smeby 2005).…”

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The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications

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While it is common to claim that university reforms are based on universal and standardised ideas about 'modernising' the university, few studies have examined in a more coherent way how the combined external pressure for change with respect to the areas of education, research and innovation has affected the university. In this paper it is argued that one can identify three different sets of logics concerning the current external reform agenda, and that these logics together create new challenges as to how knowledge is created, diffused and governed by the university. In the conclusion, it is discussed whether the current pressure for reform might change the university as we know it, or whether new institutional translations might emerge from the process renewing the university while maintaining its identity.

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“…An increasing trend is evident when comparing three overviews of the situation at different times (Geuna and Martin, 2003;Hicks, 2012;Jonkers and Zacharewicz, 2016). Countries can be divided in four categories regarding their use of bibliometrics in PRFS:…”

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Unique, but still best practice? The Research Excellence Framework (REF) from an international perspective

Sivertsen

2017

Palgrave Commun

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Inspired by The Metric Tide report (2015) on the role of metrics in research assessment and management, and Lord Nicholas Stern's report Building on Success and Learning from Experience (2016), which deals with criticisms of REF2014 and gives advice for a redesign of REF2021, this article discusses the possible implications for other countries. It also contributes to the discussion of the future of the REF by taking an international perspective. The article offers a framework for understanding differences in the motivations and designs of performance-based research funding systems (PRFS) across countries. It also shows that a basis for mutual learning among countries is more needed than a formulation of best practice, thereby both contributing to and correcting the international outlook in The Metric Tide report and its supplementary Literature Review.

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“…For the "Staff management" area, the prominence given by the researchers to the dimension of "Evaluation" might be explained by taking into account that evaluation is an important and much discussed theme in academic communities (Kaukomen, 1997) and that the evaluation process could have repercussions not only on researchers and their work, but also on the Research Institutes and on the entire Agency. Evaluation results are increasingly used as inputs in research management (Van Steen and Eijffinger, 1998), but evaluation is also used to decide funding following performance assessments of researchers, projects, programs, departments and institutions (Geuna and Martin, 2003). The prominence given by the administrative staff to the "Staff appraisal and professional growth" dimension could be explained by taking into account the scarcity of internal rewards that are instead more present in research activities.…”

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Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

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2015

Journal of Social Sciences

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to investigate organizational wellbeing in a Public Research Agency, exploring the point of view of two different categories of workers, administrative staff and researchers, employed in the same organization. We hypothesized that, in a complex organization, the kind of work performed, along with other factors, could influence the representation of organizational well-being. The study involved 37 administrative staff and 24 researchers of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), the largest Public Research Agency in Italy. According to different key areas of organizational well-being in CNR, seven focus groups were carried out and collected data was analyzed using the qualitative data analysis software NVivo9. Results of this study seem to confirm the authors' hypothesis. In effect, even though the framework of organizational well-being is the same for the two categories of employees considered, there are differences in meaning and in importance given by stakeholders to each dimension of the construct. As a whole, the specificity of the points of view might be explained by considering not only the different working conditions and the different kind of work performed, but also the different cultural values of the Research Institutes and of the Central Administration. These aspects should be taken into account in the predisposition of tools for evaluation of organizational well-being, above all in complex organizations, in order to have at the organization's disposal research tools able to be representative of the entire population. A set of recommendations for improving organizational well-being in complex organizations are provided.

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University Research Evaluation and Funding: An International Comparison

Cited by 483 publications

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The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications

The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications

Unique, but still best practice? The Research Excellence Framework (REF) from an international perspective

Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

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