Author
Elizabeth Gadd
Research Policy Manager
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd is Head of Research Culture & Assessment at Loughborough University. She chairs the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group and is Vice-Chair of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). She founded the Lis-Bibliometrics Forum and co-Champions the ARMA Research Evaluation Special Interest Group.
12 pieces
Newest first, since April 2020
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Before we automate REF there are three issues we need to talk about
Lizzie Gadd and Dan Parsons argue that if AI is to be embedded into REF it should reflect sector values not just technological possibility
With Dan Parsons
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The battle for people, culture and environment
Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake
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Another way of thinking about the national assessment of people, culture, and environment
Can we make better use of existing mechanisms to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make the assessment of research culture better for everyone
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Four things no-one wants to admit about research culture
What do we mean when we talk about fixing research culture? Elizabeth Gadd argues that it isn’t something you can do before the next REF
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Free advice to university rankers
University rankings need to change to be relevant and useful to today’s diverse world of higher education. Elizabeth Gadd offers some friendly advice
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My research culture is better than yours
With a new REF emphasis on research culture, Elizabeth Gadd asks how we can make this element as equitable as possible
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The Metric Tide, revisited
The authors of The Metric Tide and today’s long awaited sequel ask us to use data for good in research assessment, and to get league tables out of policy making
With James Wilsdon and Stephen Curry
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Book review: Breaking Ranks by Colin Diver
Colin Diver’s Breaking Ranks explores the impact of one US college’s decision not to participate in league tables. You can see why Elizabeth Gadd might be interested.
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The REF is dead, long live the REF
As universities celebrate the release of the REF result, Elizabeth Gadd explains that research managers are already looking towards the next assessment period
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Using REF results responsibly
Elizabeth Gadd applies the same standards to REF as we do to research, and hopes for an end to meaningless claims of world-leading excellence.
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Dear REF, please may we have a SEP?
What should replace the REF? Elizabeth Gadd is looking to the Netherlands
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The purpose of publications in a pandemic and beyond
For Elizabeth Gadd, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it clear that long standing issues with academic publications need to be addressed quickly and definitively.