A fatally efficient machine. Insights into the ‘banality’ of the research evaluation exercise in Italy

Rosanna Spanò, Enrico Bracci, Francesca Manes-Rossi and Vincenzo Sforza

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2024, vol. 100, issue C

Abstract: This study is framed in the debate concerning the measurement of academic performance, and particularly the strand of studies that explores the risks associated with the metrification of research. The objective, guided by the conceptual framework of the banality of evil (Arendt, 1964), is to delve into how research evaluation can shape banal and unoriginal evaluative practices. These practices, in turn, can trigger a fatally efficient machine within the academic system and institutions, and among researchers.

Keywords: Performance measurement; Research evaluation; Banality of evil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102742

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