The Evaluators' Eye: Impact Assessment and Academic Peer Review

ISBN-13: 9783319636269 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 230 str.

Gemma Derrick

Opis

By exploring the legitimacy of peer review as a tool to assess the societal impact of research, Derrick states that the future for Impact evaluation is not to seek alternative tools where peer review seemingly fails, but instead to highlight ways in which peer review panels can work smarter.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Impact from the Evaluator's Eye.- Chapter 2. Peer Review of Impact: Could it Work?.- Chapter 3. Evaluation Mechanics.- Chapter 4. Introducing Impact to the Evaluators.- Chapter 5. Peers, Experts and Impact.- Chapter 6. Risking Groupthink in Impact Assessment.- Chapter 7. Working Smarter with Multiple Impacts and One Eye.

O autorze

Gemma Derrick is Lecturer in Higher Education and co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation at Lancaster University, UK.