Organization of the KTH RAE 2008
The International RAE was an initiative from KTH’s new leadership put forward to the KTH Board in February 2008. It was managed by a Project Management Team headed by the Deputy President with responsibility for Research, Professor Tuula Teeri, and run through an Evaluation Office headed by Dr Emma Källblad from the University Administration.
An Internal Planning Group was formed to provide advice on the strategy taken towards the evaluation, consisting of the following members:
- Professor Tuula Teeri
- Dr Emma Källblad
- Professor Sigbritt Franke, former Universities’ Chancellor for Sweden and Guest Professor at KTH
- Professor Folke Snickars, Faculty Dean at KTH
- Professor Eric Giertz, Head of Innovation and Industry Relations, KTH
- Professor Arne Johnson, Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences at KTH
- Professor Annika Stensson-Trigell, Head of Vehicle Dynamics, KTH
- Dr Sandra Di Rocco, Department of Mathematics, KTH
In addition an international External Advisory Group was established. Members of this group included:
- Professor Marja Makarow (Finland, France), CEO of the European Science Foundation
- Professor Peter Nijkamp (Neatherlands), President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO)
- Professor Richard Murray, (USA), Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, CALTECH and former Head of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Börje Ekholm (Sweden), CEO of Investor AB
- Professor Sigbritt Franke, (Sweden), former Universities’ Chancellor for Sweden and Guest Professor at KTH
- Dan Brändström, (Sweden), Government Advisor on quality in research
- Professor Joseph Nordgren (Sweden), Director of the Uppsala University Research Evaluation and Vice-Rector for Science and Technology at Uppsala University
The RAE project was scrutinized by an Internal Reference Group consisting of the Deans of all the Schools, as well as by the KTH Board and the President’s Advisory Group.
The Bibliometric Analysis was carried out by Dr Ulf Sandstöm and his team.
The RAE Evaluation Office
The RAE process was managed by a committed team through the RAE Evaluation Office. Members of this team included the following people:
| RAE Evaluation Office | |
|---|---|
| Emma Källblad | Director |
| Jan Olof Nilsson | Finance and Data Manager |
| Fredrik Sterky | Manager |
| Peta Sjölander | Panels Manager |
| Vicki Derbyshire | Coordinator |
| Anna Johansson | Visit Week Coordinator |
| Anna Almlöw | Visit Week Coordinator |
| Malin Nordin | Visit Week Support |
| Kerstin Isakson | Visit Week Support |
| Anna Hamiltom | Visit Week Support |
| Barbro Eriksson | Accounts |
| Sara Öhman | Communications - web |
| Liliane Markusson | Communications - report |
| Åsa Ankarcrona | Communications |
| Björn Marklund | Bibliometrics Coordination |
| Petter Green | Data Control |
In addition, the RAE recieved considerable support from the School for Scientific Information and Learning in the gathering of publications information for the Bibliometric Analysis.
KTH IT Support were also helpful, as were many administrators through out the Schools. KTH also wishes to thank the twelve Student Ambassadors who guided the Panels during their visits.
The RAE Timetable
The schedule for the RAE was as follows:
The Expert Panels visited KTH between the 23rd and 27th June 2008. They spent four days with their respective Research Fields. All members of a Expert Panel were invited to contribute to the evaluation of all UoAs within their Research Field. Each Expert Panel submitted a written evaluation following the visit.
A report of the RAE week can be downloaded here:
Review of the RAE Visit Week (pdf 122 kB)
The criteria that the experts were asked to evaluated the research areas against can be accessed here:
Evaluation Method and Criteria of Assessment
The Project Report can be downloaded here: