CoARA publishes update on its Working Groups' activities

CoARA, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, has published an update on the current activities of its working groups, which aim at creating inclusive partnerships  and co-producing solutions and resources that signatories and members of the coalition can rely on in their efforts in implementing the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) commitments.

CoARA’s Working Group on Ethics and Research Integrity Policy in Responsible Research Assessment for Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP) will convene for its first meeting on 20 March 2024 in Brussels. ALLEA, The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, and ENRIO, the European Network of Research Integrity Offices, are hosting the ERIP launch meeting. The CoARA ERIP Working Group develops the integration of research ethics and research integrity into digital policy, methods, and tools for advancing research evaluation regarding data and AI.

The CoARA Working Group on Reforming Academic Career Assessment (ACA) is based on the premise that ACA systems should adequately reflect the different tasks, functions and roles academics fulfil over the course of their career. The aim is to broaden the reflection on research assessment to ACA, taking into account the full range of work conducted by academics in research, teaching and learning, innovation, management/leadership and service to society. The European University Association (EUA) organised a webinar to introduce the CoARA ACA Working Group and its recent activities. The Working Group is also conducting a survey addressing existing initiatives to review academic career assessment for the recruitment, performance evaluation, and career progression of academic staff. It is open to all higher education and research organisations worldwide. The survey closes on 22 March 2024 (Call for contributions: survey on Reforming Academic Career Assessment).

By addressing language diversity and biases in assessment, the CoARA Working Group on Multilingualism and Language Biases in Research Assessment supports the EU (and other) institutions in fulfilling their duty to enhance, promote and uphold linguistic equity, diversity and non-discrimination in Europe and globally. This requires fostering an academic culture that values diverse competencies, interactions and communications in all languages without exclusions or priorities. The CoARA Working Group is organising a seminar and workshop on April 4th and 5th, 2024, hosted by the European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM, more details available here).

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