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22 May 2020
Dr. Gemma Derrick Appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Publications
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gemma Derrick has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Publications (ISSN 2304-6775).
Dr. Derrick is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Higher Education Research & Evaluation at Lancaster University, one of the world’s oldest research centres focusing on higher education and evaluation. She has a PhD in Science Communication/Research Evaluation (The Australian National University, 2010) and a background in medical science. Website: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-research/people/gemma-derrick Interests: peer review; research policy; research evaluation studies; impact (societal, scientific and cultural); meta-research; innovation studies; gender and research dynamics |
She has been actively involved in international academic networks investigating the evaluation of research and the effects it has on academic cultures, including the Eu-COST Action ENRESSH (European Network for the Evaluation of Social Science and Humanities), and advising governments (Australia, UK, Norway, Finland) on the construction of audit frameworks and research evaluation frameworks in general. Gemma’s work on evaluative cultures with research (including the effects of audit frameworks), knowledge valuation systems and productivity (including the evaluation of non-academic forms of research impact) has received international recognition. She has expertise in models and practice of peer review, and her academic record includes publications in the Lancet, Nature, Minerva and the Milbank Quarterly. Her book, The Evaluators’ Eye: Impact Assessment and Academic Peer Review was released in February 2018.
We warmly welcome Dr. Gemma Derrick as she takes her role as Editor-in-Chief and look forward to her leading Publications to achieve more milestones. We also would like to take the opportunity to express our gratitude to the previous Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Tony Ross-Hellauer, for his invaluable contributions to the journal.