Review Essay on Pardo-Guerra’s The Quantified Scholar

Authors

  • Étienne Ollion Department of Sociology, CNRS, French National Centre for Scientific Research https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-5240

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/17867

Keywords:

Science of science, Social sciences, Research evaluation, Scoring

Abstract

What do research evaluation protocols do to research, and why should we care? In his latest book, sociologist Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra explores this pressing question through an in-depth investigation of the REF, the research evaluation framework in the United Kingdom. The results are, to say the least, discomforting.

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Pardo-Guerra, J.P. (2022). The Quantified Scholar. How Research Evaluations Transformed the British Social Sciences. New York City, NY: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/pard19780

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Published

2024-03-12

How to Cite

Ollion, Étienne. (2023). Review Essay on Pardo-Guerra’s The Quantified Scholar. Sociologica, 17(3), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/17867

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Vol. 17 No. 3 (2023)

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