DORA is an initiative that unites more than 17,000 individuals and 2,000 organizations in 148…
News and announcements
DORA receives $1.2M grant from Arcadia to accelerate research assessment reform
Research assessment reform is part of the open research movement in academia that asks the…
DORA Newsletter June 2021
Announcing SPACE to Evolve Academic Assessment DORA is delighted to share “SPACE to Evolve Academic…
DORA Newsletter April 2021
Join us for an upcoming webinar as we discuss how data is recognized and rewarded…
DORA Newsletter Feb. 2021
Joint report and upcoming webinar on institutional change for academic career assessmentDORA, in collaboration with…
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…
DORA Newsletter Oct. 2020
DORA welcomes two new Advisory Board members, Kelly Cobey and Judith SutzMeet Kelley CobeyKelly Cobey…
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.