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In this paper we present a methodology developed for assessing the research performance of the academic staff, as part of the internal evaluation of the School of Information and Communication Technologies of a Greek university. We incorporate a qualitative aspect in the assessment by categorizing the research outcomes according to their quality. Also, value judgments over the evaluation criteria are elicited from the supporting committee and incorporated in a Data Envelopment Analysis assessment framework in the form of assurance region constraints.
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This research has been co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program ‘Education and Lifelong Learning’ of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) – Research Funding Program: THALES. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund.
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Koronakos, G., Sotiros, D., Despotis, D.K., Apostolou, D. (2015). Performance Evaluation of Academic Research Activity in a Greek University: A DEA Approach. In: Neves-Silva, R., Jain, L., Howlett, R. (eds) Intelligent Decision Technologies. IDT 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19857-6_33
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