Assessing the Impact of Large Research Projects

Abstract

Abstract:Assessing the actual impact in the context of research projects constitutes a major challenge from the management point of view. Especially in large scale cooperative projects, an appropriate management can help to ensure the achievement of the objectives. However, the question of whether the initially expected impact is achieved or not remains open. In this paper, we discuss how to deal with this and introduce a methodology for the assessment of impact in research and innovation related projects. The methods discussed are illustrated with the example of the impact study performed in the project 3D-LightTrans.