Evaluating the Evaluation. The pros and cons of ‘VQR’ in social and political research

Abstract

Between science and economic development, and in the name of democratic control over themanagement of public resources, governments have progressively gained a role in mechanisms of knowledge production. In severalcountries, the United Kingdom, Australia, and France being the most well known cases, this has resulted in various evaluationexercises. All have generated wide debate within the scientific community on the most appropriate methods and criteria to be used