The Research Council of Norway's use of research evaluation: an assessment of research evaluation as a strategic tool

Karl Erik Brofoss

Research Evaluation, 1998, vol. 7, issue 3, 134-140

Abstract: The Research Council of Norway (RCN), established at the beginning of 1993, was given responsibility for implementing the Government's research policy and being its prime research policy adviser. This paper examines the policy context within which RCN operates, the evaluation portfolio and the utilisation profile, and analyses the interaction among different types of use of evaluation results. The study concentrated on whether or not the evaluation portfolio has a strategic orientation. It concludes that the Council has not used the full potential of research evaluation as a strategic tool. To do so, it must allow a more systematic evaluation approach to permeate the organisation whereby a common frame of reference regarding choice of evaluation subjects, choice of strategic focus, and use of fundamental concepts is established. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 1998
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