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Improving Research Management for Improving
Research Outcomes
Key Issues in Research Management
Erik Arnold
European Parliament
10 October 2012
Drivers for increased management of University research
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More demand for research funding as university system grows
Increased competition among universities via rankings and
performance-based research funding systems
Changing customer base for research, with the share of income
won under competition tending to rise
Multiple research funders with different and idiosyncratic
administrative requirements
University reform and professionalisation of management
Increasingly specific university strategies
Integration of the Technology Transfer Office function into wider
research management
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Five main roles for research management
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Devising and implementing aspects of research strategy
Creating strategic intelligence about funding opportunities
Managing and monitoring the research project life cycle
Marketing and valorising research cooperation and results
Monitoring research performance to feed performance-based
research funding systems
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But the legitimacy and boundaries of the role are contested
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Barriers to improved research management
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The weakness of university research strategies and the difficulties
universities experience when trying to deploy these strategies
Some degree of resistance to research management from the
researchers themselves
Lack of clear organisational models
Variety in the institutional and funding environments, that impede
the emergence of a standardised or ‘normal’ definition of research
management
Lack of professional standards and accreditation
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Issues for discussion
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How to establish and maintain links between research strategy,
strategy deployment and research management in universities
The appropriate division of labour between the management
centre and researchers in university research management
How to generate benefits from research management for
individual researchers, so as to make the cooperation between the
two levels more effective
Organisational models for effective and embedded research
management
Whether there is a need for professionalisation and accreditation
of university research management
Other opportunities for policy to improve the quality and
effectiveness of university research management
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