Analyze the ways software development contributions are evaluated and acknowledged in institutional guidelines and policies surrounding tenure and promotion within one research organization such as a university.
This could include investigating:
The role of research software contributions in existing guidelines and criteria for academic promotion and career advancement.
Factors and metrics institutions use to assess an academic’s eligibility for advancements such as tenure and promotions.
Potential Objectives
Identify how research software contributions are currently evaluated in academic career recognition and advancements.
Reveal disparities between traditional research outputs and software-related work in promotion evaluations.
Clarify the potential impact of prioritizing software contributions in academic career paths.
Highlight discipline- or field-specific factors.
Share study results with (or make this visible to) people who set these guidelines and policies.
Targeted Impacts
People or groups are able to affect guidelines or policies within research organizations will use these research insights to inform changes.
Funders and others who help shape expectations of research organizations can use these research insights to inform their initiatives or programs in support of research software.
This potential activity was curated as part of "Charting the Course: Policy and Planning for Sustainable Research Software," a Sloan Foundation-funded project within URSSI dedicated to supporting the future of research software through evidence-informed policy work (Project contacts are: @danielskatz and @dr-eric-jensen). If you are interested in working on this, please add a comment.
Potential activity scope
This could include investigating:
Potential Objectives
Targeted Impacts
This potential activity was curated as part of "Charting the Course: Policy and Planning for Sustainable Research Software," a Sloan Foundation-funded project within URSSI dedicated to supporting the future of research software through evidence-informed policy work (Project contacts are: @danielskatz and @dr-eric-jensen). If you are interested in working on this, please add a comment.