Evaluating the societal relevance of academic research: A guide

A number of Dutch organisations involved in quality assurance in research are collaborating on a project entitled Evaluating Research in Context, or ‘ERiC’. One of the aims of the project is to develop methods for evaluating the societal relevance of research. This guide has been written to supplement two Dutch protocols for the ex post...

Evaluating Research in Context: Pilot Study at Faculty of Architecture TU Delft

The vice chancellor of Delft University of Technology, Prof.dr.ir. J. Fokkema, introduced a pilot Evaluating Research in Context (ERiC) at the Faculty of Architecture. The Faculty of Architecture perceives a serious confl ict between the demands and criteria in evaluation procedures and the ambition to be relevant for the practice of...