Following the conversation with Dr Karen Stroobants on the EU CoARA agreement, I discuss some other top-down initiatives at international and national levels for reforming research assessment. I also share some of my own bottom-up experiences trying to put these principles to work eg in writing references and being part of evaluation panels. It is also my hope that these actions can also have some middle-out influence.

Overview [41:33 mins] - full transcript available:

[00:00:29] Episode introduction

[00:02:10] The 10 Commitments of CoARA

[00:05:02] Other international initiatives

[00:10:34] Netherlands as example of national initiatives

[00:17:20] Some of my 'bottom up' examples

[00:34:18] Middle out strategies

[00:38:35] Wrapping up

Related links:

CoARA: Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment and CoARA Commitments

LERU: League of European Research Universities 

LERU Publication: A Pathway towards Multidimensional Academic Careers 2022

DORA: San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment 2013

Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics 2015 

The Metric Tide: Review of metrics in research assessment 

Strategy Evaluation Protocol 2021-2027 

Room for Everyone’s Talent 

Related podcasts:

Karen Stroobants on changing research culture and reforming research assessment

Sarah Davies: Part 1 on mobility, precarity and notions of excellence  and part 2 on luck, disrupting excellence, and cultures of care

Tanita Casci and Elizabeth Adams on supporting, rewarding and celebrating a positive collegial research culture 

James Wilsden on metrics and responsible research evaluation 

Keywords:

Academia, CoARA, Diversity, Governance and policy, Research culture, Research Evaluation