- Abstract:
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This paper uses empirical research data and theoretical insights from the literature on governance to problematise some of the arguments presented in the research assessment literature, in particular, the description of the UK RAE/REF as a mechanism for top-down control with strongly negative, blanket-impacts on disciplines, institutions and individual researchers. The concepts of performativity, accountability and governmentality are employed to unpack normative claims about negative impa...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's version
- Publisher:
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 83–110
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1862-5215
- ISSN:
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1434-663X
- URN:
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uuid:8439f757-cf49-43a0-b32f-f4e8e6d6180e
- Local pid:
- ora:9582
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- Copyright © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014. This article is not currently available via ORA, but you may be able to access it via the publisher copy link on this record page.
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Research assessment as governance technology in the United Kingdom : findings from a survey of RAE 2008 impacts
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British Educational Research Association
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