Aberdeen Business School

The Influence of Research Evaluation on the Integration of RMEL in HEIS Worldwide

Research evaluation is not peculiar to the UK Higher Education Institution (HEI) climate. There are similar assessment frameworks to the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF), including but not limited to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) in New Zealand, and Research quality evaluation in Sweden – FOKUS.

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MRes | MPhil | PhD | MSc by Research

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Summary

The same applies to the increased call for the integration of responsible management education in HEIs; it is a global agenda championed by the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, supported by the United Nations. Therefore, the proposed study will seek to extend a previous study (Ndubuka 2020) which found that the Research Excellence Framework (REF) had negative effects (direct and indirect) on the implementation of responsible management education in UK business schools through the six principles of PRME, albeit with the potential to act as a core enabler for its advancement. The focus in the new study will be on research assessment framework(s) in business schools in countries other than the UK.

Research Question

What is the possible influence of X (including but not limited to the ERA, PBRF and FOKUS) on the integration of responsible management education in Y (including but not limited to Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, etc) business schools/HEIs.