Responsible metrics for societal value of scientific research What does responsible research evaluation look like when it comes to societal value? This blog post provides four practical recommendations. Laurens Hessels, Leonie van Drooge, Tjitske Holtrop and Rodrigo Costas • March 10, 2022
Evaluative Inquiry IV: Accountability and learning Do research evaluations serve the purpose of accountability or of learning? We argue that they can do both and that we might as well use the energy and resources it takes to organize evaluations for both accountability and learning opportunities. Tjitske Holtrop, Laurens Hessels and Ad Prins • November 05, 2020
Evaluative Inquiry III: Mixing methods for evaluating research Critiques on research metrics have produced an unhelpful divide between quantitative and qualitative research methods. In this blogpost, we explain why research evaluation can benefit from the strengths of both. Tjitske Holtrop, Laurens Hessels and Ad Prins • August 21, 2020
Evaluative Inquiry II: Evaluating research in context We know that academic knowledge production happens in context, yet, when assessing research, we undervalue the influence of stakeholders and organizational contexts on academic output and impact. The second of four blogposts is on evaluating research in context. Tjitske Holtrop, Laurens Hessels and Ad Prins • July 20, 2020
From ‘fund and forget’ to formative and participatory research evaluation A trend in research evaluation is to include stakeholders as active partners in the evaluation process. In June, CWTS organized an online workshop to explore novel evaluation approaches and to identify possibilities and limitations for co-production in research evaluation. Rinze Benedictus, Laurens Hessels, Ismael Rafols and Ingeborg Meijer • July 03, 2020
Evaluative Inquiry I: Academic value is more than performance Mainstream evaluation metrics tend to understand academic value as performance while missing other valuable elements of academic value trajectories. This first of four blogposts focuses on the concept of value of the Evaluative Inquiry’s approach to research evaluation. Tjitske Holtrop, Laurens Hessels and Ad Prins • June 25, 2020
