時間：12月25日（周二）
地點：主樓418
摘要：The use of indicators in research policy and evaluation is widely perceived as problematic. Responding to demands of explicit normative framings in STI governance, I propose an agenda for transforming the place and role of indicators in policy. Given that expert advice should not separate knowledge formation from decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and lack of value consensus, I argue that current scientometrics is too focused on technical issues, too reductionist and isolated from the contexts and values of its use. Using Callon’s analytical framework of ‘secluded research’ vs. ‘research in the wild’ I propose three moves for improving design and use of STI indicators. First, to continue ongoing trends towards pluralizing the data sources, processing and visualizations techniques, and expand the research communities involved in scientometrics. Second, to develop forms of quantitative evidence that can be contextualized with the participation of a more diverse set of stakeholders. Third, to open up the policy framings implicit in measurement, and use quantitative analyses to reveal more balance perspectives of existing and alternative STI options. I conclude by arguing that these shifts are necessary to preserve epistemic diversity and pluralism in the face of ongoing managerial push for standardization via ‘platforms’ run by commercial oligopolies.
簡介：ISMAEL RàFOLS博士，西班牙瓦倫亞大學教授，西班牙國家研究委員會終身研究員，萊頓大學科學技術研究中心客座教授，蘇塞克斯大學科學與技術政策研究院高級研究員。研究方向為科技政策、文獻計量學、知識圖譜。近五年在Nature, Research Policy, Science and Public Policy, Research Evaluation, Journal of Informetrics, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Technological Forecasting and Social Change等期刊發表SCI/SSCI論文20余篇。榮獲歐洲科學和技術研究協會Ziman獎，DRUID會議最佳論文提名獎，亞特蘭大科學與創新政策會議William Page最佳論文獎,曾受邀作為美國國家科學基金會科學與工程顧問，生物多樣性綜合與分析中心科學委員會顧問。
（承辦：管理工程系、科研與學術交流中心）
