This blog is part two in a 2-part series on multilingualism in scholarly communication. Read…
When more is more: A DORA Community Discussion on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication
This blog is part one in a 2-part series on multilingualism in scholarly communication. The…
2020 in review: DORA’s list of new developments in research assessment
At the end of each year, the DORA steering committee and advisory board reflect on…
DORA Newsletter Dec. 2020
New digital repository: “Reimagining academic career assessment: stories of innovation and change”DORA is excited to…
Reimagining Academic Career Assessment: Building a repository for stories of innovation and change
DORA is pleased to announce a new digital repository of case studies, “Reimagining academic career…
Introduction to DORA: a short presentation at the Global Research Council’s virtual Responsible Research Assessment Conference
DORA chair, Prof. Stephen Curry made a short introduction to DORA for the Global Research Council conference on Responsible Research Assessment, which was held online over the week of 23-27 November 2020. He briefly explains the origins of DORA, the meaning of the declaration, and how DORA developed into an active initiative campaigning for the world-wide reform of research assessment.
Science Foundation Ireland takes an iterative approach to develop a narrative CV
The Dutch Research Council, Science Foundation Ireland, Swiss National Science Foundation, and UKRI are all experimenting with narrative CV formats as part of their evaluation of grant proposals. At DORA’s virtual funder discussion on September 23, 2020, Rochelle Fritch and Laura Mackey presented Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) ongoing work to develop a narrative CV format for its funding mechanisms.
DORA Newsletter Oct. 2020
DORA welcomes two new Advisory Board members, Kelly Cobey and Judith SutzMeet Kelley CobeyKelly Cobey…
Updates from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
As part of DORA’s effort to increase communication about innovative policies and practices for assessing research, we expanded the funder discussion series by hosting our first virtual meeting for the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, August 18, 2020.
The intersections between DORA, open scholarship, and equity
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), published in May 2013, does not mention the term ‘open scholarship.’ And yet DORA and open scholarship are becoming increasingly entwined. DORA’s ambition is to improve research evaluation practices but the practicalities of implementation make it impossible to separate the evaluation of research from questions about who and what research is for, who gets to be involved, and how it should best be carried out, all of which have to take account of the power dynamics that shape the scholarly landscape.