Impact plays an increasingly important role in research funding and evaluation, for example in considering what the research contributes to social challenges. Impact, then, is the litmus test of the…
Harry van Vliet12 April 2022
Often, indicators are ‘filled in’ quantitatively: number of publications, percentage of student participation in research, size of total second-flow funding, and so on. Figures tend to take on a life…
Harry van Vliet19 August 2021
The government’s mission-driven innovation policy places great emphasis on the contribution research is expected to make to social issues such as sustainability, health and safety. The impact of research on…
Harry van Vliet18 August 2021
There is no shortage of indicators when it comes to determining the impact of research. Bornmann (2013), for instance, lists some 60 indicators on social impact, and U-Multirank’s 100+ indicators…
Harry van Vliet9 June 2021
Working towards an integrated teaching/research environment means that we will also encounter the question of how to assess whether things are going well and what we base satisfaction or dissatisfaction…
Harry van Vliet9 April 2021
