Research project
R-QUEST – Centre for Research Quality and Policy Impact Studies
The Centre for Research Quality and Policy Impact Studies (R-QUEST), which is funded by the RCN FORINNPOL initiative, is an 8-year commitment of several partners to explore the nature and mechanisms of research quality.
- Duration
- 2016 - 2024
- Contact
- Thed van Leeuwen
The main objective is to understand research assessments, standards, and practices in different fields of research. In general, R-QUEST helps policy makers in their efforts to develop the best framework conditions for high quality research. Three closely related questions are being addressed:
- What is research quality? How are notions of research quality negotiated, established and practiced, and what are the mechanisms through which these notions affect policy?
- What are the drivers of high quality research, and what is the role of policy in developing outstanding research?
- What are the effects of high quality research on society?
These questions are being addressed through three interrelated research strands:
- Understanding research quality
- Conditions for high research quality
- Country level studies
- Research groups and research organisations
- Effects on society