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The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment: Why sign it and what does it entail?

November 22, 2024
Insights and materials from INSPIRING ERA events
ERA Action: 03 Research Assessment reform

Materials from the European Online Event held on 22 November.

Materials from the European Online Event held on 22 November 2024.

Recording

Powerpoint Presentations

Overview of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and CoARA and the work of the coalition, Dr Karen Stroobants, Vice-Chair, CoARA and Dr Erzsebet Toth-Czifra, CoARA Secretariat

Experiences and perspectives of a signatory, Michal Petr, Masaryk University, Czechia

Useful Links

Links shared at the event, included:

SCOPE Framework for Research Evaluation
The CoARA website, including pages on list of coalition members, national chapters, addressing debates, the full text of the Agreement, cascade funding, CoARA YouTube channel, and list of signatories.
CoARA article on The role of scientometrics in the pursuit of responsible research assessment
Action plans from signatories and CoARA members
ERA Policy Platform: How Horizon Europe supports research assessment reform
2 portals / tools: MERIT (by Quest) and the RESQUE Framework, which can be used by universities, particularly by hiring / tenure review boards to pre-process applicant Information and structure debates in such a way to make review more qualitative and more broad-based.

November 22, 2024
Insights and materials from INSPIRING ERA events

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