Stakeholders’ role to produce impact from Social Science research: what lessons for evaluation?

IBERIFIER Reports: Analysis of the Impact of Disinformation on Political, Economic, Social and Security Issues, Governance Models and Good Practices: The cases of Spain and Portugal

“…Before, citation was (and still is) the primary metric used to qualify the quality of scientific work. However, policymakers and payers, such as the European Commission, now require more metrics to see if the money invested has an effective return for the population [99].…”

“…They are also often, at least recently, embedded within larger frameworks or institutions that provide the main content of the elements to study. These frameworks -for instance, the SDG compass from the United Nations [101,102] to which the IMPACT-EV from the European Commission adheres [99,103]-give direction to the essential themes under scrutiny and can help to concentrate the current effort in the same direction.…”

“…'human rights, social cohesion, economic cohesion, employment, human capital formation, public health and safety, social protection and social services, liveable communities, culture, consumer interests, security, governance, international cooperation, the role of SMEs, lessons learnt and success stories.' [99] Similarly, the conception of social impact in disinformation is also concerned with general concepts such as democracy, trust or social cohesion. These concepts are difficult to define and measure.…”