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The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is an international alliance of organizations committed to reforming the methods and processes used to assess scientific performance. More than 350 international organizations contributed to the development of the Agreement on Research Assessment Reform. It provides a common direction for changes in the assessment practices of research, researchers, and research institutions, with the overall goal of maximizing the quality and impact of research. The Berlin University Alliance joined CoARA by signing the agreement in April 2023.
News & Dates
News
- The CoARA Activity Report 2024 is out now and can be checked-out under https://zenodo.org/records/14512898
- CoARA Working Group on Reforming Academic Career Assessment (ACA) Releases First Outputs
Termine
Webinar: Reputation and Open Science: How should the assessment of scientific performance evolve?
November 14, 2025, 9:00–13:30 CET, German Language
The topic of reputation generation in science will be discussed in this webinar against the backdrop of Open Science. Open Science and other practices of digital science lead to changes in informal mechanisms of reputation gain, but also require adjustments to formal research evaluation practices.
In addition, infrastructural activities in the area of research data curation and research software, or involvement in (Diamond-OA) publication infrastructures, are gaining increasing importance and should be recognized and acknowledged. But how?
The “Digitization in Science” focus has published a discussion paper on this topic, which will be presented in the webinar. Afterwards, questions from different perspectives will be addressed.
The detailed program and login details can be found here.
Are we entering a post-bibliometric era? Assessing research quality in the context of recent reform initiatives.
When?
Tuesday 25.02.2025, Einstein-Saal BBAW, 17-20:00
What?
Panel discussion followed by a networking reception
Who?
Prof. Matthias König (Vice President DFG), Dr Steven Hill (Director of Research, UKRI), Prof. Robert Robert Schlögl (President, AvH), Prof. Maria Leptin (President, ERC tbc)
Abstract How do we assess research quality? The international science community has been striving to identify ways of capturing truly innovative ideas and research impact. The Coalition for the Advancement of Research Assessment (CoARA) at EU level is just one example of such endeavours. Ahead of the upcoming 2029 Research Excellence Framework, the UK is also planning to take greater account of the social impact of research and expanding the research environment element to include people and culture - while at the same time focussing on world-class, dynamic and responsive research. The science community agrees – scholarship should be less about numbers such as publication figures, citation rates or university rankings. What other academic contributions and activity types should be considered when assessing the academic performance of researchers or their institutions? When assessing scientific manuscripts, project proposals or funding applications, how can more attention be paid to novel ideas and truly original content? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s mission is to bring the ‘brightest and the best’ international researchers to Germany. As such, reflecting on questions of research assessment is in the Foundation’s DNA. Together with the British Council Germany for the British academic perspective, we would like to break down this topic in a panel discussion under the aegis of the President of the Humboldt Foundation, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. We will round off the evening with a small networking reception.
Space will be limited to allow for a high level of engagement both with our panel speakers and at the reception later. Please register your participation for the event here.
Contact
Dr. Sybille Hinze
Head - Center for Open and Responsible Research
Objective – Advancing Research Quality and Value
T:+49 30 83855549