News, February 2016
The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) through the support of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organisation presented the workshop on Research Impact Assessment, presented by Professor Nelius Boshoff senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST).
The workshop discussed the assessments of both the scientific and societal impact of research. For scientific impact, the discussion focused on citations whereas, for societal impact, frameworks and methods for assessing the non-academic impact of research was explored. These included the payback framework, the search for “productive interactions”, valorisation maps, and social media metrics.
This highly successful workshop lasted two days and was attended by a variety of delegates, including university research directors, senior academics and research officials.
