Public policy research project
Rethinking the university means defending its values, reinforcing its commitment to quality teaching, research and outreach, while at the same time reinvigorating its ties with a society in rapid transformation. These are activities that require both a return to the past, to review and correct, as well as looking to the future to innovative thinking – something that today is done with resignation. The Metricas.edu Project therefore looks to the future based on dimensions of openness and transparency.
Books
We’ve published three collective books containing essays and articles on university management and reflections on the multiple interactions between university and society. All books in Portuguese, readily available through the Open Book repository of the University of São Paulo.
V Metricas Forum
The Fórum Métricas is an initiative to create dialogue about academic performance in Higher Education between universities, funding agencies, governments, NGOs and society. The fourth edition was focused on increasing dialogue between higher education and the general public.
Analysis
- THE Impact 2024Analysis of the 2024 THE impact Ranking results for the public universities… Read more: THE Impact 2024
- THE Impact 2024Report on the aggregate performance of the public universities in the state… Read more: THE Impact 2024
- Times Higher Reputation 2023The Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking for 2023 was released in February 2024, despite although it should be noted that it is the reputation ranking used to inform the previous year’s rankings. Therefore, it should be considered relevant only to those results already published, not forthcoming ones.
- QS Subject 2022The QS Subject analyzes participating institutions in 51 areas of knowledge, divided… Read more: QS Subject 2022
Highlights
- How to write an effective policy briefPolicy briefs are written for a variety of policy actors. Finding the right policy actor to target is crucial to ensuring that it will be read.
- Five challenges for contemporary BrazilDemocratic renewal, food security, reindustrialization, digital transition, sustainability in the Amazon biome are critical challenges faced by Brazilian society
- Institutional challenges and perspectives for responsible evaluation in Brazilian Higher Education
Projeto Métricas DORA partnership summary of findings - Responsible Research Assessment in Brazilian context
Evaluation of research results and researchers is in constant evolution. In a survey conducted together with the community of signatories of the San Francisco Declaration, we asked a group of academics engaged in evaluation processes in their institutions about the processes… Read more: Responsible Research Assessment in Brazilian context - The Magna Charta Universitatum 2020The Magna Charta Universitatum was originally signed by 366 universities in 1988 on the 900th anniversary of the founding of the University of Bologna. The MCU is upheld by a non-profit observatory that ensures adherence to the agreement. The original 1988… Read more: The Magna Charta Universitatum 2020
Ranking Monitor
University rankings are initiatives that compare, classify and position higher education institutions. This project aims to study and critically analyse the indicators of institutional and academic performance used in these national and international comparisons. Furthermore, this project discusses the governance related to following the academic and social impact of the public universities in the state of São Paulo. This project is financed by the Public Policy Research Program of FAPESP.
Literature review
U-Multirank
Webometrics
Clarivate
Selected readings
- Times Higher Reputation 2023The Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking for 2023 was released in February 2024, despite although it should be noted that it is the reputation ranking used to inform the previous year’s rankings. Therefore, it should be considered relevant only to those results already published, not forthcoming ones.
- Five challenges for contemporary BrazilDemocratic renewal, food security, reindustrialization, digital transition, sustainability in the Amazon biome are critical challenges faced by Brazilian society
- Times Higher Education Young Universities 2020THE defines a young university as one established less than 50 years previously.
- Universities in the construction of a new eraJacques Marcovitch, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil THE Latam, July 7th, 2020 from 10:05 to 10h35 Good morning, I would like to thank Times Higher Education for providing such a unique opportunity to discuss the theme Universities for the public good: reasserting the value of higher education post-pandemic. At such an… Read more: Universities in the construction of a new era
- The Crises of 2020 and international comparison indicatorsAs an epoch changing rupture event in human society, we can expect that almost all areas of the science system will be in some way affected by covid-19. These disruptions will lead to new challenges, new solutions to some challenges and newly impoverished actors who suddenly find themselves severely tested by the new environment.
- How good are Brazilian universities?How is Brazilian research performing? Public universities are complex institutions that fulfil a huge variety of functions and roles within society. They have differing missions, levels of output and attending a variety of different sectors of society. The universities who feature in international rankings are research-intensive – they are dedicated… Read more: How good are Brazilian universities?