The DORA team is excited to invite you to celebrate DORA’s 12th birthday with the launch of a “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”.
In three online panel sessions, DORA’s Chairs will introduce the guide, and guest speakers will discuss it in light of the specific contributions the guide can make to their environments. To cater for our global community, you can choose between:
- Asia-Pacific friendly: Thursday, 15 May 2025, 14:00:00 AEST – register here
- Africa & Europe friendly: Friday, 16 May 2025, 10:00:00 BST – register here
- Americas: Friday, 16 May 2025, 14:00:00 EDT – register here
We know that many organizations are keen to reform their research assessment practices but lack the time, space and/or expertise to reflect on how to do this and often don’t know where to start. The Guide presents practical activities – such as engaging the organization leadership, creating a working group, and developing a communication and engagement plan – that we know from our work with the DORA community over the last decade can make a real difference in delivering change, along with suggestions of key moments in research(er) assessment where change is possible. To inspire action, the Guide has action-oriented resources and examples from across the world of organizations who have developed and adopted RRA approaches – including three new examples from universities in Canada, Denmark and Japan.
One approach to research assessment certainly does not fit all, so the Guide is intended to be an inspirational tool. We are curious, through these and further events throughout the year, to understand and discuss how the Guide can be used in different environments. We hope you will join us in these conversations.
The Guide has been co-developed especially with interest holders who met January 31, 2025 in Maryland, USA, whose valuable contributions we thank. The Guide has been created as part of Project TARA and, alongside Reformscape, the Building Blocks for Impact, and the Debiasing Committee Composition, forms a suite of tools designed to help organizations who are seeking to reform research assessment practices. Project TARA is supported by Arcadia, a family charitable foundation that helps people to record cultural heritage, to conserve and restore nature, and to promote open access to knowledge, whom we thank.
