Responsible Research Assessment Case Studies
About the case studies
The central mission of the Global Research Council’s Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) Working Group is to facilitate and support the adoption of RRA globally. It does so by promoting a collective understanding of responsible approaches to research assessment, learning through collaboration, and openly sharing good practices to guide collective advancement.
This case study library advances this mission by enabling funding organisations from around the world to highlight their examples of RRA implementation, aligned with one or more of the eleven Dimensions of RRA outlined in a report launched at the 2024 GRC Annual Meeting. In many cases, these examples align with the principles and practices championed by other international initiatives the RRA working group works with closely. These include the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), the Latin American Forum on Research Assessment (FOLEC), and many others.
All case studies in this library were submitted by members of the RRA Working Group, and each was subject to a quality assurance process to ensure its clarity and alignment with the Dimensions of RRA. However, the working group did not assess the practices outlined in each case for their effectiveness. This may vary for any particular action, based on the context in which it is implemented. Accordingly, these case studies aim to serve as a reference for funders globally to consider as they explore their own approaches to embedding the Dimensions of RRA.
Further work
The case study work does not stop here. There is more to do, and we encourage all GRC member organisations to consider sharing more case studies by completing the case study template available on our webpage and submitting their contribution to the RRA working group at GRC-RRA@ukri.org.
We encourage the submission of contributions from a greater diversity of funding organisations, across all five regions of the GRC, that demonstrate proactive steps towards the adoption of responsible practices aligned with any of the eleven Dimensions of RRA.
To further highlight good-practice RRA case studies, webinars will be organised. These webinars will be recorded and uploaded alongside the broader library of resources on our webpage, for the benefit of all GRC member organisations and to support global knowledge sharing.
Case Studies
An overview of all case studies is available in the GRC Responsible Research Assessment Case Study Booklet. The links in the overview below will take you directly to the relevant case study in the booklet.