September 10, 2025Research EvaluationOpen Access

Failures in impact evaluation

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LJLeila Jancovich CPCeri Pitches DSDavid Stevenson

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The article discusses challenges in measuring research impact, highlighting risks of overlooking negative impacts and promoting critical evaluation narratives.

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The study highlights the importance of recognizing failures in impact evaluation, indicating a shift from success narratives to honest assessments.
Findings from the autoethnographic evaluation of FailSpace reveal an overlooked aspect of research impact, stressing the need for failure metrics.
Concerns are raised about the potential negative impacts of research, suggesting that current practices may discourage critical and exploratory work.
This analysis of the FailSpace project offers insights into how incorporating failure metrics can improve understanding of research's societal impact.

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Jancovich et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2443bb210217d647aaa65 https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf033

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The article discusses challenges in measuring research impact, highlighting risks of overlooking negative impacts and promoting critical evaluation narratives.

Failures in impact evaluation

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