Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa”

Quality Assurance for Research

The functioning of the University Quality Assurance (QA) system regarding Research is described on the dedicated Quality Assurance page of the University of Milano-Bicocca website.
Each Department appoints a Quality Assurance Coordinator for Research who coordinates a Research Committee, with tasks of coordination, monitoring, and liaison for the relevant activities.

Tasks and Functions

The QA Coordinator for Research is responsible for driving and monitoring research activities. They are tasked with supervising and promoting the quality policy at the departmental level, identifying necessary corrective actions, and verifying their implementation.

The QA Coordinator for Research and the Research Committee support the Department in the following activities:

  • Annually monitoring the "Fatti e Persone" (Facts and People) portal with reference to Research data;
  • Annually allocating the FAQD (University Fund, Departmental Share) among the professors and researchers affiliated with the Department, based on predefined criteria and in accordance with the Regulations for the allocation of the FAQD by Departments;
  • Assisting the Director in preparing the Departmental Three-Year Plan;
  • Constantly monitoring the trends in scientific productivity and the impact of research activities in the disciplinary areas active within the Department, including through the development and calculation of ad hoc bibliometric parameters;
  • Verifying the scientific activity of non-tenured research staff, evaluating their output also through bibliometric approaches and conducting periodic hearings;
  • Supporting, in line with AVA3 guidelines, the planning, monitoring, and review of departmental research, if necessary through the activation of specific working groups;
  • Supporting the Department in preparing the necessary documents in view of hearings by the NdV (University Evaluation Board).
     

The Research Committee is composed of: