„Impact evaluation”? Don’t copy the Brits! Interview with David Sweeney, Director of Research Education and Knowledge Exchange at Higher Education Funding for England (HEFCE)

Abstract

The interview explores the challenges related to the introduction of the Impact Agenda, its consequences for academic culture as well as the possibility of putting in place a similar evaluation framework in Poland. David Sweeney argues that while the Impact Agenda addresses some issues of British science, it cannot be simply transposed to other academic systems. Instead, policy makers should factor in the local academic culture and the particular aims set before science in their context.