Societal impact evaluation in SSH in the Czech Republic: in defence against the strong STEM application discourse
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Societal impact evaluation in SSH in the Czech Republic: in defence against the strong STEM application discourse
Original language description
In the last 15 years, research evaluation in the Czech Republic has undergone major changes. Prior to this period, policy initiatives in research evaluation at the national level were very limited and, despite heavy support for the outreachof research and development activities, there was a complete absence of societal impact evaluation within the national R&D policy and debate. Even if the societal impact of science played a crucial role in the socialist policy,both in the extensive applied research sector (Blažka, 2014) and in the higher education sector (Šima & Pabian, 2013), the central planning system of science had major deficiencies in research evaluation. In this chapter, we reflect on this development on two levels.First, we analyse the policies that relate to the evaluation of societal impact as a type of learning process that evolved around the existing information infrastructure of research in the Czech Republic (CZ). We detail how these policies affected both public debate and academics’ practices and their perception of the societal impact of research they conduct. Second,we frame the policy initiatives by looking specifically at the public debateabout the societal impact of social sciences and humanities (SSH) forming the politics level in this area. In addition, we explore some of the narratives present in the public debate on SSH and its place in the Czech society in the given timeframe.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/MS2104" target="_blank" >MS2104: Strategic intelligence for Research and Innovation</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Societal impact evaluation in SSH in the Czech Republic: in defence against the strong STEM application discourse
ISBN
978 1 80088 572 1
Number of pages of the result
15
Pages from-to
81-95
Number of pages of the book
241
Publisher name
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Place of publication
Cheltenham, Northampton, United Kingdom
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