DiSSCo Prepare Deliverable D1.4 - Report on socioeconomic impact indicators of DiSSCo and DiSSCo-enabled research and research applications

Abstract

This Deliverable 1.4 report for DiSSCo Prepare Work Package 1 Task 1.4 recommends 29 socioeconomic impact indicators to be adopted by DiSSCo. The indicators were selected and adapted for the DiSSCo mission and services, as a result of an extensive review of recent frameworks and studies of socio-economic impact of research infrastructures. The initial review compiled a list of socio-economic impact indicators recommended or used for the assessment of research infrastructures. The report also includes the review of the analysis of impact assessments of research infrastructures and institutions analogous to the goals and domain of activity of DiSSCo. From the analysis of the scope of DiSSCo, the areas of impact, user communities and services, it was possible to identify the relevance of indicators to be adopted by the research infrastructure. Each of the 29 indicators is fully defined and described in the context of DiSSCo’s implementation. Although the indicators are all relevant and useful for DiSSCo, it is recommended that future feedback from DiSSCo stakeholders is used to further limit this list to a smaller core of indicators.