Handbook of meta-research / edited by Alis Oancea (Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy, Department of Education, University of Oxford), Gemma Derrick (Associate Professor of Research Policy and Culture, Centre for Higher Education Transformations, University of Bristol), Nuzha Nuseibeh (Independent Researcher and Writer), Xin Xu (Departmental Lecturer in Higher/Tertiary Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oancea, Alis, editor.

Derrick, Gemma, editor.

Nuseibeh, Nuzha, editor.

Xu, Xin, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interdisciplinary research.

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Research--Evaluation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"A collective project arising from a dynamic configuration of research concerned with systematic, critical and reflexive inquiry into the normative frames, institutional workings and lived realities of research, this dexterously-crafted Handbook acts as a working guide to the rapidly-evolving interdisciplinary field of meta-research. Bringing together cutting-edge multidisciplinary scholarship, the Handbook expertly outlines key domains including the public value, policy and governance of research, knowledge dynamics, and research cultures and careers. Engaging with diverse philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, it examines global dynamics in research and explores equality, diversity and inclusion across sectors, career stages and geographical regions. Taking on board multi-layered perspectives from beyond traditional and exclusionary epistemic boundaries, the Handbook offers unique insight into this broad landscape of knowledge. The Handbook of Meta-Research will appeal to researchers and students in a broad range of fields from the social sciences, arts and humanities and STEM who are concerned with the environments, institutions, policies, practices and evaluations that impact their work, and will be a useful starting point for researchers wanting to initiate meta-research studies to examine their own environments, actions and behaviours. Regulators, users and beneficiaries of research will similarly benefit from this authoritative reference work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1 meta-research as discipline, field, or spectrum.Gemma E. Derrick, Nuzha Nuseibeh, Alis Oancea and Xin Xu

2. Map of the handbook of meta-research / Gemma E. Derrick, Nuzha Nuseibeh, Alis Oancea and Xin Xu

Part I: The public value of research

3. Academic values and meta-research / J. Britt Holbrook

4. Responsible research and innovation / Richard Woolley, Paula Otero-Hermida, Irene Monsonís-Payá and Magdalena Wicher

5. Value and the public humanities / Zoe Hope Bulaitis

6. Hard-to-assess research-impact nexuses in the humanities, arts, and social sciences / Alis Oancea

7. Stemm academics' understandings of 'societal value' in the context of the uk impact agenda / Eliel Cohen

8. Sociology in the impact agenda: Is there room for public sociology? / Silje Maria Tellmann and Reetta Muhonen

Part II: Policy and governance of research

9. Changing research policy and practice with evidence: The relationships between meta-research and its stakeholders / Steven Hill

10. Global and national science systems: Synergies and tensions / Simon Marginson

11. The role of funders in shaping the uk research landscape / Frédérique Bone and Beverley Sherbon

12. Mapping the field of evidence production and use / Kathryn Oliver, Euan Adie and Annette Boaz

13. Methods development in evidence synthesis: A dialogue between science and society / James Thomas

14. Meta-research and researcher evaluation / Andrew Plume

15. Research evaluation in China: Policy, practice and prospects / Xin Xu

Part III: Knowledge dynamics in meta-research

16. Changing research publication practices and the rise of research metrics / Thed van Leeuwen

17. Diversification of knowledge production actors (including university-industry partnerships) / Paul Benneworth and Julia Olmos-Peñuela

18. Could orcid play a key role in meta-research? Discussing new analytical possibilities to study the dynamics of science and scientists / Rodrigo Costas, Carmen Corona-Sobrino and Nicolás Robinson-García

19. De-legitimising the social sciences and humanities through peer review / Gemma E. Derrick and Tony Ross-Hellauer

20. Research integrity in publishing: Decolonial perspectives / David Mills and Kelsey Inouye

21. A bibliometric study of bibliometric studies at South African universities / Nelius Boshoff and Similo Ngwenya

22. Diabetes prevention or treatment: What is researched and what is mentioned online? / Fereshteh Didegah

Part IV: Research cultures and careers

23. The state-of-the-art of research on science research careers / Carolina Cañibano, Richard Woolley, Eric J. Iversen and Carmen Corona-Sobrino

24. Meaning and purpose in academic research: Researchers of the 1990s vs 2010s / Gerlese S. Åkerlind

25 post-phd careers: Mobility and 'research' in the non-academic arena / Lynn McAlpine

26. Hiding in plain sight: Research management as a practice and profession in the scholarly ecosystem / Julie Bayley and Kieran Fenby-Hulse

27. Stratification and cumulative advantages in academia: Gender and national differences / Jens Peter Andersen

28. The gendered minoritisation of public engagement with research / Richard Watermeyer

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781839105722 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.