On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, José M.R.C.A.
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/28210
Resumo: The relevance of the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) is growing in a world where practice-based learning and research are essential to meet societal development goals. Public policies for science, technology, and innovation must, therefore, account for an increasingly complex context where higher education institutions of varied shapes co-evolve. On the other hand, the increasing influence of international ranking systems and of bibliometric indicators calls for a critical revision of their adequacy to account for UASs’ key characteristics such as the importance of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches when tackling context-based challenges. This paper examines the roles of UASs in contemporary knowledge-intensive societies and critically addresses dominant research evaluation approaches. It is argued that i) qualitative approaches based on the visualization of bibliometric data can provide useful perspectives on interdisciplinarity, ii) the assessment of stakeholder engagement should be incorporated in rankings such as U-Multirank, and iii) knowledge dissemination at large could be assessed using Altmetrics indicators.
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spelling On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied SciencesUniversities of Applied SciencesResearch assessmentProfessional doctoratesHigher education rankingsBibliometricsAltmetricsThe relevance of the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) is growing in a world where practice-based learning and research are essential to meet societal development goals. Public policies for science, technology, and innovation must, therefore, account for an increasingly complex context where higher education institutions of varied shapes co-evolve. On the other hand, the increasing influence of international ranking systems and of bibliometric indicators calls for a critical revision of their adequacy to account for UASs’ key characteristics such as the importance of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches when tackling context-based challenges. This paper examines the roles of UASs in contemporary knowledge-intensive societies and critically addresses dominant research evaluation approaches. It is argued that i) qualitative approaches based on the visualization of bibliometric data can provide useful perspectives on interdisciplinarity, ii) the assessment of stakeholder engagement should be incorporated in rankings such as U-Multirank, and iii) knowledge dissemination at large could be assessed using Altmetrics indicators.The authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for financial support through national funds FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020 and UIDP/00690/2020) and SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2021).Biblioteca Digital do IPBSantos, José M.R.C.A.2023-04-28T14:34:06Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/28210engSantos, José M.R.C.A. (2022). On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. ISSN 2158-3595. 22:14, p. 81–942158-359510.33423/jhetp.v22i14.5537info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-21T11:01:48Zoai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/28210Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:18:13.152623Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
spellingShingle On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
Santos, José M.R.C.A.
Universities of Applied Sciences
Research assessment
Professional doctorates
Higher education rankings
Bibliometrics
Altmetrics
title_short On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
title_full On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
title_fullStr On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
title_full_unstemmed On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
title_sort On the role and assessment of research at European Universities of Applied Sciences
author Santos, José M.R.C.A.
author_facet Santos, José M.R.C.A.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, José M.R.C.A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Universities of Applied Sciences
Research assessment
Professional doctorates
Higher education rankings
Bibliometrics
Altmetrics
topic Universities of Applied Sciences
Research assessment
Professional doctorates
Higher education rankings
Bibliometrics
Altmetrics
description The relevance of the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) is growing in a world where practice-based learning and research are essential to meet societal development goals. Public policies for science, technology, and innovation must, therefore, account for an increasingly complex context where higher education institutions of varied shapes co-evolve. On the other hand, the increasing influence of international ranking systems and of bibliometric indicators calls for a critical revision of their adequacy to account for UASs’ key characteristics such as the importance of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches when tackling context-based challenges. This paper examines the roles of UASs in contemporary knowledge-intensive societies and critically addresses dominant research evaluation approaches. It is argued that i) qualitative approaches based on the visualization of bibliometric data can provide useful perspectives on interdisciplinarity, ii) the assessment of stakeholder engagement should be incorporated in rankings such as U-Multirank, and iii) knowledge dissemination at large could be assessed using Altmetrics indicators.
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