Conference session report on implementing research assessment reforms: Tales from the frontline

The publication of the European Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) in July 2022 is the latest, perhaps most high profile, attempt to date to steer research systems towards reform of how individuals, proposals and organizations are recognized and rewarded.

While calls for reform are internationally-oriented in scope, not all countries, regions and organizations have moved with equal speed or enthusiasm to enact this agenda and there are uncertainties about what such change processes entail. In a special session at the STI Conference held two weeks ago, chaired by Janne Pölönen and Alex Rushforth, we focused on implementation of reforms within four ‘early adopter’ institutions from the Netherlands and Finland – where a national reform program exists – as well as Denmark and Italy. With Birger Larsen, Laura Niemi and Francesca Di Donato.

https://zenodo.org/record/8422634