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Indicators of Internationalisation for Research Institutions: a new approach A report by the ESF Member Organisation Forum on Evaluation: Indicators of Internationalisation (Rapporti finali progetti di ricerca)
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- Indicators of Internationalisation for Research Institutions: a new approach A report by the ESF Member Organisation Forum on Evaluation: Indicators of Internationalisation (Rapporti finali progetti di ricerca) (literal)
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Peter van den Besselaar,
Annamaria Inzelt,
Emanuela Reale,
Elisabeth de Turckheim,
Valerio Vercesi (2012)
Indicators of Internationalisation for Research Institutions: a new approach A report by the ESF Member Organisation Forum on Evaluation: Indicators of Internationalisation
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- Peter van den Besselaar,
Annamaria Inzelt,
Emanuela Reale,
Elisabeth de Turckheim,
Valerio Vercesi (literal)
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- Department of Organisation Sciences & Network Institute, VU Universityof Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Innovation Research Centre (IKU),Financial Research Co., Budapest, Hungary;
Institute for Research on Firms and Growth (CERIS), CNR, Italy;
INRA, France;
INFN, Italy (literal)
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- Indicators of Internationalisation for Research Institutions: a new approach A report by the ESF Member Organisation Forum on Evaluation: Indicators of Internationalisation (literal)
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- Abstract
- Internationalisation is a strategic issue for research 3
institutions and, at the same time, is highly relevant
for the meaning and the objectives of the European
Research Area (ERA). Although internationalisation
is becoming a key issue on the science policy
agenda, there is still little empirical evidence as to
the level of internationalisation of research institutions,
and the development of evaluation tools
deserves special attention. Following a recommendation
of the former ESF Member Organisation
Forum on Ex-Post Evaluation of Funding Schemes
and Research Programmes, the Forum on Indicators
of Internationalisation was established in 2010 in
order to design a common set of indicators to support
strategic thinking of research institutions. The
aim was to develop a set of indicators that closely
match the needs of the member organisations
(MOs), be they funding agencies (FAs) or research
performing organisations (RPOs).
Experts in science policy, indicator design and
bibliometrics were invited by ESF to contribute to
the work in all phases of the project. The forum
allowed a participatory process with close interaction
between twenty participating MOs from eleven
countries, three experts and ESF scientific officers.
The forum developed a conceptual framework
for the description and the analysis of internationalisation
processes of research institutions, showing
the rationales for internationalisation and the main
processes where an internationalisation strategy
can be implemented. Within this framework, two
comprehensive sets of indicators have been selected
based on MOs' criteria and on data availability.
Seventeen indicators have been proposed (eight
for FAs, nine for RPOs). The MOs have provided
examples of data for these indicators, confirming
their feasibility. At the same time, the descriptions
of the indicators have been specified in more
detail. Depending on the experience of MOs in
collecting and analysing such data, the proposed
indicators have different status: seven indicators are
mature indicators. They require the development of
guidelines for data collection in order to test their
quality and to address the issue of comparability.
Seven other indicators in development have a sound
conceptual basis but traditional data collection is
necessary to confirm feasibility and comparativeness
of the measures. Three blue sky indicators,
which are relevant to describe specific aspects of
internationalisation, still have to be conceptually
developed in order to find a relevant measure connected
to the unobserved reality.
This study shows that it is possible to assess the
internationalisation of a funding agency or of a
research performer through its different activities.
It also suggests that future work would be valuable,
aimed at producing common indicators of internationalisation
of research institutions in Europe.
Apart from the development required for the production
of indicators, it would be useful to continue
to debate the meaning of internationalisation and
to further explore the way internationalisation of
research and of research institutions is presently
assessed in practice. (literal)
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