This book provides analysis of current trends in research evaluation worldwide and compares the
research assessment and innovation ecosystems in Austria Bulgaria the Czech Republic Hungary
Lithuania the Netherlands Poland and Slovenia. It argues that in each country the research
assessment system is interdependent with the national innovation system and the overall
institutional governance enforcement. The lead author Albena Vutsova has over 20 years of
experience in research assessment both in Bulgaria and at European institutions (incl. JRC) and
has been a member of the European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and
the Humanities. The three authors work at Sofia University Bulgaria.
