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Quality monitoring in transition: The challenge of evaluating translational research programs in academic biomedicine

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  • Alexander D. Rushforth
  • Sarah de Rijcke

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While the efficacy of peer review for allocating institutional funding and benchmarking is often studied, not much is known about issues faced in peer review for organizational learning and advisory purposes. We build on this concern by analyzing the largely formative evaluation by external committees of new large, ‘translational’ research programs in a University Medical Center in the Netherlands. By drawing on insights from studies which report problems associated with evaluating and monitoring large, complex, research programs, we report on the following tensions that emerged in our analysis: (1) the provision of self-evaluation information to committees and (2) the selection of appropriate committee members. Our article provides a timely insight into challenges facing organizational evaluations in public research systems where pushes toward ‘social’ accountability criteria and large cross-disciplinary research structures are intensifying. We end with suggestions about how the procedure might be improved.

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  • Alexander D. Rushforth & Sarah de Rijcke, 2017. "Quality monitoring in transition: The challenge of evaluating translational research programs in academic biomedicine," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 44(4), pages 513-523.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:44:y:2017:i:4:p:513-523.
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    1. Jordi Molas-Gallart & Pablo D’Este & Oscar Llopis & Ismael Rafols, 2016. "Towards an alternative framework for the evaluation of translational research initiatives," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 25(3), pages 235-243.
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    1. Guus Dix & Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner & Joeri Tijdink & Govert Valkenburg & Sarah de Rijcke, 2020. "Algorithmic Allocation: Untangling Rival Considerations of Fairness in Research Management," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(2), pages 15-25.

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