Challenges in Research Policy, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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This open access volume addresses major challenges in research policy and provides advice on how to approach them. With chapters designed as accessible policy briefs, the book serves as an essential resource for new actors in research policy. It offers evidence-based recommendations on approaching research governance, funding, and evaluation challenges by covering these topics:

Identifying and facilitating high quality research

Evaluating transdisciplinary research quality

Evaluating societal impact

The dilemmas of grant peer review

How citations relate to research quality

Reforming research assessment

The use of metrics in academic recruitment

Quality criteria and concentration of research funding

Balancing basic and external research funding

Designing performance-based research funding systems

Strategic steering of research at universities

The consequences of paying to publish

Each chapter combines research with practical advice and provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in research on the specific topic, as well as references for further reading.