The Knowledge Foundation aims to contribute to more advanced assessment of research and researcher as well as a broadened review of academic merits. Therefore, the Knowledge Foundation has signed DORA and CoARA. The Knowledge Foundation is an active participant of the CoARA cooperation, in order to contribute to the design of commonly agreed frameworks and principals for a more including assessment of research and researcher.
Broadened review of academic merits and advanced assessment
Broadened review of academic merits
In addition to degrees, positions and publications, other academic merits and skills to the project should be presented. This opens for a more equivalent assessment of applications and merits within the different programs. Therefore, make a selection of the merits with most relevance for the intended project and programme.
- Degrees: of relevance for the project
- Positions: of relevance for the project
- Research output of relevance for the project: select at most ten (10) research results/outputs. In addition to scientific publications, this could be for example: documented artistic merits, instrumental or product development, data set, software, patent, process or policy contributions, and implementation of research results.
- Teaching: the full diversity of academic teaching, training and supervision activities, education development including open teaching resources.
- Cooperation: with academia, business and other societal actors including communication efforts
- Academic leadership: project management, activity development, assessment assignments, center management, department assignments, etc.
Advanced assessment of research – DORA and CoARA
The Knowledge Foundation aims to contribute to advanced assessment of research and researcher including broadened review of academic merits. Therefore, the Knowledge Foundation has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).
- DORA and the new Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment | DORA
- COARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment
Through the signing of the CoARA agreement, the Knowledge Foundation has amongst other things undertaken to contribute to broadened review of academic merits. The Knowledge Foundation is an active participant of the CoARA cooperation. The efforts towards a more inclusive assessment of research and researcher are a progressive development process that will be carried out in dialogue with relevant stakeholders within the coalition.