A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social, and political impact of social sciences and humanities research

Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact evaluation landscape. This paper reviews the existing scientific knowledge on evaluation tools and techniques that are applied to assess the scientific impact of SSH research; the changing structure of social and political impacts of SSH research is investigated based on an overarching research question: to what extent do scholars attempt to apply methods, instruments and approaches that take into account the distinctive features of SSH? The review also includes examples of EU projects that demonstrate these impacts. This paper culminates in a discussion of the development of the assessment of different impacts and identifies limitations, and areas and topics to explore in the future

A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities research

Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact of evaluation landscape. This article reviews the existing scientific knowledge on evaluation tools and techniques that are applied to assess the scientific impact of SSH research; the changing structure of social and political impacts of SSH research is investigated based on an overarching research question: to what extent do scholars attempt to apply methods, instruments, and approaches that take into account the distinctive features of SSH? The review also includes examples of European Union (EU) projects that demonstrate these impacts. This article culminates in a discussion of the development of the assessment of different impacts and identifies limitations, and areas and topics to explore in the future

Minorities in Spanish Secondary Education: School Segregation, Between Reality and Official Statistics

The deepening of social inequality in Spain during the last decade due to the global financial crisis has brought a growth in residential and school segregation in urban areas. This article analyses ethnic segregation across four public secondary schools in the Northern Area of Alicante (Spain), covering six disadvantaged neighbourhoods with a high concentration of immigrant and Roma populations. To this end, the student bodies were examined according to their national and ethnic composition and their expectations for the future. Field work findings show that official statistics do not reflect the real situation of ethnic diversity in these schools, concealing the worrying dimensions of school segregation in marginalized areas, a phenomenon which has negative impacts on minority students’ aspirations and equal opportunities