ASIRPA: A comprehensive theory-based approach to assessing the societal impacts of a research organization

Pierre Benoit Joly (1) , Ariane Gaunand (2) , Laurence Colinet (3) , Philippe Larédo (1) , Stephane Lemarié (2) , Mireille Matt (2)

1 LISIS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés
2 GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory
3 CODIR - Collège de Direction

ASIRPA is an original and comprehensive approach for assessing the socio-economic impact of public-sector research organizations through case studies. The cases are theory-based, selected to characterize the diversity of the broader impacts, and standardized so as to allow the scaling-up of the analysis of impact to the level of the organization. ASIRPA is founded on well-tried tools, and the added value of the approach lies in the adaptation and combination of these tools to design a comprehensive approach, which has been tested in a real situation and proven to be robust, credible, and implementable.

Mots clés: research organism; public research organization; impact pathway; agricultural research; comprehensive assessment approach; societal impacts

Mots clés: recherche agricole; approche globale; évaluation; secteur public; impact sociétal; organisme de recherche

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Pierre Benoit Joly, Ariane Gaunand, Laurence Colinet, Philippe Larédo, Stephane Lemarié, et al.. ASIRPA: A comprehensive theory-based approach to assessing the societal impacts of a research organization. Research Evaluation, 2015, 24 (4), pp.440-453. ⟨10.1093/reseval/rvv015⟩. ⟨hal-01448728⟩