The Assessment and Evaluation of Arctic Research – Where Have We Come From and Where Do We Need to Go in the Future?
This essay represents the penultimate chapter of a volume that focuses on change in the Arctic and the challenges and opportunities for conducting research within the context of NordForsk’s Responsible Development of the Arctic initiative. It provides both a backward glance at the needs that inspire...
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| Format: | Book Part |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2020
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| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-assessment-and-evaluation-of-arctic-research-where-have-we-co https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52324-4_19 |
| Summary: | This essay represents the penultimate chapter of a volume that focuses on change in the Arctic and the challenges and opportunities for conducting research within the context of NordForsk’s Responsible Development of the Arctic initiative. It provides both a backward glance at the needs that inspired this undertaking and seeks to offer some forward-looking ideas and suggestions as to the direction for future similarly-directed research efforts within the North. It gives attention to the important roles which assessment and evaluation have played in the evolution of the NordForsk project and focuses attention on the specific work of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) within this context. It discusses some of the challenges the SAB has encountered in conducting its work. Comparisons are also made with similar efforts at assessment and evaluation conducted by other funders of Arctic research. Views are also presented in this essay on the nature of integrated assessment within large and complex undertakings like the Responsible Development of the Arctic. Finally, a discussion is offered concerning where the future of interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary scientific research in the Arctic may be headed and the requirements it must embrace in order to be successful. |
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