Research Impact. A follow-up

Welcome to a K3 seminar:

Research Impact. A follow-up

In the spring we devoted two seminars to the question of research impact; to what it is and how to make it visible. It is a question with increasing relevance for how research environments are being evaluated, and it is of increasing relevance for the evaluation of research applications. Consequently, this means that the question of impact also will have an impact on what kinds of research we will be able to conduct at all in the future.

Since the spring seminars, The Swedish Research Council (VR) has commissioned an evaluation of the impact of Swedish research environments dealing with political science: Quality and impact of research in political science in Sweden (https://www.vr.se/download/18.7b65b60f17b8a8f26a8200/1630935199411/Quality%20and%20impact%20of%20research%20in%20political%20science%20in%20Sweden_VR2021.pdf). This can be seen as a case study in what it is that can be evaluated, and how it is evaluated. But it has been heavily criticized.

At our seminar, Patrik Hall, professor of political science at MaU, will initially give us his reflections on the evaluation. Please have a look at it beforehand. We will then continue to discuss how we would like to regard the question of research impact at K3, with the goal being to come up with a strategic document.

The seminar will take place at 10.15-12.00 on November 3. It will be a Zoom meeting: https://mau-se.zoom.us/j/65606379317.

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