Publications: Evaluation for Better Performance

2004

• Assessing Research: The Researchers' View 2004

  Steven Wooding, Jonathan Grant

  The Research Assessment Exercise is used to assess the quality of, and determine core government funding for, research carried out in UK universities. This report provided evidence for a review of the process. The overwhelming majority of participants thought research should be assessed using a system based on peer review; that there was a strong desire for a system with clear rules and transparent procedures; and that there was a need for improved systems to assess inter- and multi-disciplinary research work.

• Extended Impact Assessment of a Draft EC Regulation on Medicinal Products for Paediatric Use 2004

  Wija J. Oortwijn, Edwin Horlings, Silvia Anton, Mirjam van het Loo, James P. Kahan

  There is a serious lack of testing of medicinal products in the paediatric population. The European Commission has attempted to provide a structural solution by drafting a regulation. This report describes the economic, social, sustainable, and environmental impacts of the regulation. The assessment indicates that the proposed regulation will achieve its objectives, although the effects will vary.

• The Returns from Arthritis Research Volume 1: Approach, Analysis and Recommendations 2004

  Steven Wooding, Stephen Hanney, Martin Buxton, Jonathan Grant

  This report, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants. The report presents a framework that conceptualises the relationship between research inputs, process, output and outcomes. The researchers make several conclusions, including that there is a diversity of research payback; the researcher drives translation; short, focused project grants provide value; and flexibility in funding is used advantageously.

• The Returns from Arthritis Research Volume 2: The Case Studies 2004

  Steven Wooding, Silvia Anton, Jonathan Grant, Stephen Hanney, Stijn Hoorens, Abigail Lierens, Miriam Shergold, Mark Venema

  This report, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants awarded by arc in the early 1990s. The main objective was to develop a system for evaluating arthritis research, with a view to allowing arc to stimulate and manage the exploitation of research advances so that they translate into practical benefit. Volume 2 of the report presents a collection of the case studies used in the study and provide a narrative on the payback of each research grant.

2003

• Assessing Research: The Researchers' View Volume II 2003

  Steven Wooding, Jonathan Grant

  The Research Assessment Exercise is used to assess the quality of, and determine core government funding for, research carried out in UK universities. This report provided evidence for a review of the process. The overwhelming majority of participants thought research should be assessed using a system based on peer review; that there was a strong desire for a system with clear rules and transparent procedures; and that there was a need for improved systems to assess inter- and multi-disciplinary research work.

• Benchmarking e-Government in Europe and the US 2003

  Irma Graafland-Essers, Emile Ettedgui

  This study addresses the demand-side of e-government--not only usage--but also perceptions and barriers to utilization that have not been treated previously. Indicators to measure acceptance and adoption of e-government were used to build two surveys that were then piloted among members of the 'general population' in the 15 EU Member States, Switzerland and Europe, and to IT managers in the commercial sector in seven EU countries. The survey shows that only about one third of businesses are currently using e-government. Among these, only about one third prefer this method over existing methods.

• TEN Telecom Guidelines Status Review 2003

  Jonathan Cave, Maarten Botterman, Renske Ellens, Paivi Luoma, Gert-Jan de Vries, Roel Westerhof

  Trans-European Networks, or TENS, in transport, telecommunications, and energy, support projects of common interest where immediate commercial prospects and benefits are uncertain but that promote interconnection and interoperability of and universal access to national transport, telecommunications, and energy networks. In order to assess the future needs and prospects for the TEN Telecom Action and to develop a vision by which to revise its guidelines, this document presents a technology foresight study examining emergent technological solutions and needs, a survey among sector users, and in-depth interviews with sector members.

2001

• Public Information Provision in the Digital Age: Implementation and Effects of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act 2001

  Maarten Botterman, Tora K. Bikson, Sandy Bosman, Jonathan Cave, Erik J. Frinking, V. de Pous

  Explores whether and how e-FOIA is affecting (or expected to affect) U.S. federal agency procedures, with special attention to the implications of e-FOIA for interactions with citizens and private-sector organizations, to inform the Dutch government's preparation of legislative measures to incorporate an 'e' component into its Act to Promote Open Government (Wet openbaarheid van bestuur, or WOB).

• Risicoanalyse van het Zero-Base Project: Eindrapport [Risk Analysis of the Zero-Base Project (2000-2001)] 2001

  Erik J. Frinking, Andreas Ligtvoet, Erik J. G. van de Linde

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