Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST)
The Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) was established on 1 January 1995 as an interdisciplinary research centre in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University. Then known as the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, the focus was more transdisciplinary. Since the late 1990s the work has become more focused on sociology of science and science policy issues, and, more recently, also on knowledge production and the linkages between science and higher education.
The Centre also hosts the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (SciSTIP) and the SARCHI Chair in Science Communication (SciCOM).
CREST Research
The research domains of CREST cut across diverse fields of science and thematic areas such as Evaluation studies, Science, Technology and Innovation policy, Human resources for science and innovation, Innovation for inclusive development, Scholarly publishing and social studies of science, Research evaluation and the social impact of research, Science communication theory, and Science communication practice.
CREST offers postgraduate academic programmes in two main areas: Monitoring and Evaluation Studies (a Postgraduate Diploma in M&E Methods; a M. Phil. in Monitoring and Evaluation and a PhD in Evaluation Studies) and Science and Technology Studies (a Postgraduate Diploma in Research Management and Administration, a M. Phil. in Science and Technology Studies and a PhD in Science and Technology Studies).
DAAD awards two further grants to CREST25 May 2022
Fire in the mass media – friend or foe?23 May 2022
How to succeed in your masters’ and doctoral studies – second revised version on bookshelves22 May 2022
Exploring the issue of collegiality at universities in Palermo6 May 2022
SciSTIP postdoc appointed to scholarly publishing journal1 April 2022
National Research Foundation delegation visits CREST and SciSTIP30 March 2022
