RESEARCH EVALUATION 2013 – 2017 Department of Sociology and Social Work RESEARCH EVALUATION 2013-2017 October 2020 i RESEARCH EVALUATION 2013 – 2017 CONTENT CONTENT .................................................................................................................... II PREFACE ................................................................................................................. VIII 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Research Evaluation ......................................................... 1 1.2 Presentation of the Evaluation Panel ............................................................. 1 Anne Halvorsen ................................................................................................ 2 Karen Healy ..................................................................................................... 2 Thomas Johansson ............................................................................................ 3 1.3 Guidelines for the Evaluation Panel ............................................................... 4 Written material ................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Panel – online meetings ................................................................................ 5 2. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK .................................................... 6 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Students and teaching ................................................................................... 8 2.3 Economic context and external funding ......................................................... 9 2.4 Staff development ....................................................................................... 11 Staff diversity ................................................................................................. 13 2.5 Research group development ...................................................................... 14 2.6 PhD Training ............................................................................................... 15 Development and model of financing ................................................................. 16 2.7 Research Infrastructure ............................................................................... 17 2.8 Publication ................................................................................................. 18 2.9 Department strategy 2016-2021 .................................................................... 21 2.10 Key Challenges for the Future.................................................................... 22 Panel Evaluation ............................................................................................. 23 ii RESEARCH EVALUATION 2013 – 2017 Appendix 2.1. Journal impact factors for journals by staff from Department of Sociology and Social Work 2013 – 2017. ........................................................... 30 3. SOCMAP ................................................................................................................ 37 3.1 Executive summary and future plans ........................................................... 37 3.2 Research profile and strategy ...................................................................... 37 Agenda and research topics ............................................................................. 38 Strategy for methods and theory development .................................................... 39 Strategy for internal and external collaboration .................................................. 39 3.3 Research group organisation, composition and financing ............................ 40 3.4 Research group activities and output .......................................................... 41 Publications ................................................................................................... 41 Research training ............................................................................................ 43 External Funding ............................................................................................. 44 Third Mission Activities .................................................................................... 46 3.5 RESEARCH AND TEACHING COHERENCE ............................................................... 47 3.6 SOCIETAL IMPACT ................................................................................................ 48 Panel evaluation SocMap ................................................................................. 49 Appendix 3.1: Impact Case – COHSMO ............................................................. 51 4. CASTOR ................................................................................................................. 56 4.1 Executive summary and future plans ........................................................... 56 4.2 Research profile and strategy ...................................................................... 57 4.3 Organisation, composition and financing ..................................................... 59 4.4 Research group activities and output .......................................................... 61 4.5 Research and teaching coherence ............................................................... 64 4.6 Societal Impact ........................................................................................... 65 Third mission activities and societal impact. ...................................................... 65 Panel evaluation CASTOR ............................................................................... 68 5. SAGA ..................................................................................................................... 70 5.1 Executive summary and future plans ........................................................... 70 iii RESEARCH EVALUATION 2013 – 2017 5.2 Research profile and strategy of the research group .................................... 70 5.3 Organisation, composition and financing ..................................................... 72 5.4 Research group activities and output .......................................................... 73 Research Training (PhD) ................................................................................. 75 External Funding ............................................................................................. 76 Third mission activities and collaboration outside research ................................. 78 5.5 Research and teaching coherence ............................................................... 78 5.6 Societal Impact ........................................................................................... 79 Panel evaluation SAGA .................................................................................... 81 6. COMA .................................................................................................................... 83 6.1 Summary and future plans ........................................................................... 83 Plans for the future ......................................................................................... 83 6.2 Research profile and strategy ...................................................................... 84 Ongoing research activities (brief description) ................................................... 85 International networks ..................................................................................... 85 Strategy ......................................................................................................... 86 6.3 Organisation, composition and financing ..................................................... 88 Research Training (PhD) ................................................................................. 88 Continued consolidation................................................................................... 89 6.4 Activities, output and academic impact ........................................................ 90 Talent Management/Research Training .............................................................. 90 Teaching (research-based) .............................................................................. 90 Impact, higher influence and dissemination ........................................................ 90 External Funding ............................................................................................. 91 Publications ................................................................................................... 91 Third mission activities .................................................................................... 92 6.5 Societal impact ........................................................................................... 93 Panel evaluation COMA ................................................................................... 94 7. PRACTICE RESEARCH AND SERVICE USER PERSPECTIVES (P&B) ............................ 96 7.1 Executive summary and future plans ........................................................... 96 7.2. Research profile and strategy of the research group ................................... 97 Profile ........................................................................................................... 97 Goals within the