Research assessment: "Universities' greatest strength is their people" (Ivanka Popovic, EUA)

"The universities' greatest strength is their people. If institutions have the right people and are satisfied with their job, it's the best possible output", states Ivanka Popovic, Vice-President of the EUA Board, on 10/04/2025.

She is speaking during the EUA Annual Conference, taking place on 10 and 11/04 in Riga (Latvia), while she moderates the plenary titled "Towards sustainable and attractive academic careers". The session is dedicated to presenting the work of a Task and Finish group on career assessment she chaired.

A document presenting the results will be published in May. It complements the Coara (Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment) working group and must not be taken as "a final statement." It's a step toward motivating universities to rethink their career assessment strategies.

Professional development, recognition and rewards, as well as diversity, are among the five key principles highlighted by the group.

According to Finn-Eirik Johansen, Board member of the University of Oslo (Norway), "research career based on publications is relatively easy to assess, but…