Autori:
Geuna, Aldo,
Piolatto, MatteoTitolo:
The Development of Research Assessment in the UK and Italy: Costly and difficult, but probably worth (for a while)"Periodico:
Università degli studi di Torino. Dip. Di Economia e Statistica Cognetti de Martiis. Working paper seriesAnno:
2014 - Volume:
6 - Fascicolo:
16 - Pagina iniziale:
1 - Pagina finale:
29This paper provides a comparative analysis
of the development of the UK and Italian university research funding systems with
special focus on research assessment and
its costs.
Much of the debate surrounding the value of
research assessment and allocation systems
hinges on the disadvantages of implementation
versus benefits, while there is very little
evi dence either on its absolute cost or on the cost relative to other allocation systems.
Our objective has been to put together the
best possible estimates of these costs to inform the ongoing debate.
As the experience of the Research Assessment
Exercise (RAE) in the UK clearly shows, performance - based research funding is neither easy to develop, nor to implement
and it is not readily accepted by the academic community.
The Italian research assessment was inspired
by the UK RAE and it has benefited from that
experience.
However, also in the Italian case its implementation was marred by problems and it
was resisted by part of the academic community.
The potential efficiency gains from research
assessment - based allocation system depend
on the concentration level and on the reliance on other competitive systems for research funding.
The UK and Italy are in opposite situations.
For the former further increase in the use of
selective systems might well result in minimal benefits that do not cover the additional costs, while for the latter there are quite some margins for efficiency improvements and therefore the benefits gained through selective systems can outweigh
the costs.
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