Department of research evaluation

Head of Department: Eric Saint-Aman
Department Manager: Astrid Lanoue

Missions

The Department of Research Evaluation (DER) carries out six main missions within Hcéres:

• Managing and organising the evaluation of all research units accredited by the State and receiving public funds; ensuring compliance with the evaluation principles and ethical rules of Hcéres, which are in line with international standards.
• Participating in the "integrated" evaluation process specific to Hcéres; producing, in this context, site summaries for research activities.
• Taking part in evaluating clusters within the framework of the “integrated” evaluation process specific to Hcéres; producing, within this framework, site summary reports on their research activities.
• Reviewing any requests that might be submitted by higher education institutions or research bodies for the validation of procedures for the external evaluation of research units.
• Disseminating research unit evaluation results by producing national themed summary reports for a given discipline.
• Ensuring continuous improvement of the research unit evaluation procedure in liaison with all the partners involved in the evaluation process.
• Organising training in the research unit evaluation methodology for Hcéres staff (scientific advisors, project managers, administrators) and for peers sitting on evaluation panels (chairs, experts).

• More about the evaluation of research units organised by Hcéres
• View research unit evaluation reports