Research database

Universities, and as such Politecnico di Torino, have a lot of data about their own research processes, which should be used to measure performance and to devise strategies to progress towards university’s goals. In this respect, institutional data sovereignty is instrumental. The FEDRA project aims at building a proof-of-concept institutional data lake consistent with the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) fed by the multiple university’s databases which store information on several research dimensions (projects, proposals, contracts, patents, publications and data, staff registry, etc.) to enable the creation of indicators and tools for research assessment and self-assessment which, in line with the COARA commitments, shall be multi-dimensional, inclusive, transparent and reproducible. Based on the availability of FAIR research information data, the project aims at producing and testing indicators harvested from meaningful metrics with respect to open science practices and the promotion of gender equality and diversity. These new indicators will be defined and tested leveraging on the work carried out in some of the COARA working groups and by engaging the University’s community with workshops, surveys, and the creation of focus groups tailored on career-stage and disciplines.