Research Assessment Reform and Open Science 

Dr Alex Rushforth – Leiden University  

An update on Project TARA from Dr Alex Rushforth. Project TARA (Tools to Advance Research Assessment) is a collaboration between San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, Illinois Institute of Technology and CWTS, Leiden University, funded by Arcadia. It aims to identify, understand, and make visible the criteria and standards universities use to make hiring and promotion decisions and create research, resources and practical guidance on research assessment reform.   

Alex Rushforth is assistant professor at Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, the Netherlands. He works in the social studies of science, specializing in research evaluation, uses of indicators and research assessment reforms 

Recognition and rewards for early career researchers: reshaping the evaluation of our work 

Dr Annemijn Algra – University Medical Centre Utrecht 

Dr Annemijn Algra, whilst a PhD candidate herself, worked with colleagues from the think tank Young Science in Transition to develop a new evaluation form and competency tool for PhD candidates, with more focus on personal accomplishments and growth in research related competencies.  

Annemijn Algra is a clinical scientist and neurologist at the University Medical Centre Utrecht.  

Open Research Week is supported by the Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) awarded by The Wellcome Trust to the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool 

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