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Interesting thought that in addition to Students' Unions, Jenny Maguire (SU) believes that Staff Unions might also start to become active in calling on institutions to engage more critically with global university rankings. INORMS Research Evaluation Group #MoreThanOurRank

The only annual ranking launch to bring a smile to my face is the CWTS | Leiden University rankings as I scroll down and see all the INORMS Research Evaluation Group #MoreThanOurRank signatories highlighted. 🤩

Amazing to see Suchi Bhattacharjee talking about their use of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group #SCOPE framework just before I introduce the SCOPE framework at this United Nations High-Level Political Forum side event!

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Reminder that this isn’t the cost of publication; this is the cost of misplaced glory. Bring on CoARA DORA INORMS Research Evaluation Group

Three INORMS Research Evaluation Group members safely arrived in Washington DC ready to apply the #SCOPE framework to the US HE R&D (HERD) survey! There’s nothing the team likes better than working together in person. Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social Tanja Strøm @tanjastrom.bsky.social Baron Wolf. 😊

Such a treat being with the fabulous Tanja Strøm @tanjastrom.bsky.social & Baron Wolf in the USA, applying #SCOPE To the national US HERD survey 🇺🇸!

And we’re off! The INORMS Research Evaluation Group Research Evaluation Group #SCOPE framework is being applied to the US HERD survey at an event in Washington DC today. With Baron Wolf Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social & Tanja Strøm @tanjastrom.bsky.social

Reminder that there’s only a black market for citations because they are valued in outdated forms of assessment. Bring on CoARA INORMS Research Evaluation Group #SCOPE DORA

@MarkGrayartfan CoARA INORMS Research Evaluation Group DORA Where there’s a prize, there’s a game. Take away the prize and no one will play.

alberto baccini @MarkGrayartfan CoARA INORMS Research Evaluation Group DORA On the contrary, that’s exactly what they propose. Citations are currently the prize. Cartels are the game. CoARA and DORA seek to change what is “prized”.

alberto baccini @MarkGrayartfan CoARA INORMS Research Evaluation Group DORA In a world where there is a shortage of resource (only one job on offer, or a limited amount of grant funding) there needs to be some form of assessment in order to allocate those resources. That’s the reality of our research system. 1/2

alberto baccini @MarkGrayartfan CoARA INORMS Research Evaluation Group DORA Having said that the INORMS Research Evaluation Group #SCOPE framework, which is part of the CoARA toolbox, has as its first principle to evaluate only where necessary, addressing exactly the point you make. We over-evaluate & need to reduce the volume of assessments. CoARA fully recognises this.2/2

💥New: The role of scientometrics in the pursuit of responsible research assessment ✍️Luciana Balboa Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social Eva Méndez Janne Pölönen @[email protected] Dr Karen Stroobants & Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra #CoARA #Scientometrics wp.me/p4m9em-dbT

In response to some misunderstandings about CoARA’s position on the role of metrics, we’ve written a clarification. We hope this will pave the way for the whole community to work together to define how qual & quant methods can be combined to form robust assessments.

Great to see the NINDS Office of Research Quality promoting the use of SCOPE to deliver rigorous value-led research assessment. @laurakoohoo Tanja Strøm @tanjastrom.bsky.social

📢 CoARA WG on #Multilingualism organizes a public webinar on Thursday 26 September 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST on multilingualism and language biases in researcher assessment. Join us to celebrate the #EuropeanDayOfLanguages! 👉Program & registration: vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/coar…

More great stuff from @aidybarnett. The perfect assessment doesn’t exist, so why not be honest about that? “Researchers’ careers are already in the lap of the peer review gods, so why not make that explicit?Randomisation is a statistical bleach that kills unconscious biases.”

Proud to be a member of the REF 2029 Research Diversity Advisory Panel. Looking forward to working with a fantastic group of people over the next few years.