ReseaRch Quality assuRance foR the futuRe a ... - Lund University

foreword
In all, almost 200 individuals from Lund University were engaged during
these 5 days. During a series of common session, organized and chaired
by the Main Chair, common and more general issues were discussed. The
first two parts of this report is a result of these sessions.
After the site visit, the panel reports were finalized and submitted. It is
inevitable that the different panels have interpreted the terms of reference
slightly differently, that the format of the reports differ and indeed, that
there might be slightly different formats also within a report. After the
general presentation at the panel meetings, the RQ08 representatives
have had no influence whatsoever on the 17 panels’ working procedure
and report writing – the office has only served the panels with demanded
material and information.
Before handing the reports to the printer, the Heads of Departments were
invited to submit corrections of the reports with regard to the data and
information originally submitted. The suggested corrections were then
handed over to the Panel Chairs for possible adjustments. Normally, only
significant corrections that had an effect on the evaluation outcome were
considered. Few such corrections were made.
During the evaluation work many panels asked for bibliometric data,
like citation analyses, to support the department reports. Unfortunately,
we were not able to produce such data. However, in parallel to this peer
review based evaluation, a full bibliometic analysis of Lund University
will be carried out.
We now hand over the final result of the Lund University Research Quality
Evaluation for the Future, RQ08, to the University for further actions.
Finally, I want to express my gratitude to the evaluators, to the Panel
Chairs, Vice-Chairs and to the Main Chair. It has been a privilege
working for you and your professionalism, integrity and patience has
been truly impressive, particularly considering the extremely hard time
schedule we have all been working under. The extra dimension of the
evaluation that was added by the Main Chair’s initiative and hard word, I
think gives the final report a strongly added value.
Also, I would like to thank the departments and the faculties for efficiently
supporting the panels with additional material during the spring,
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