Knowledge Bank
Documenting the value of research-intensive universities.
The value of research-intensive universities has been documented in quite a few reports both from IARU institutions and from other institutions and organizations. The following lists some of the many reports on the different aspects of the value of research-intensive universities.
Reports from IARU members
- Innovation at ETH Zurich
- Success stories of Peking University
- The University of California's Economic Contribution to the State of California (University of California, Berkeley, 2011)
- Research impact case studies of University of Cambridge
- Measuring the Economic Effects of Companies Collaborating with the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen, 2012)
- Research impact case studies of University of Oxford
- Economic Growth and Fiscal Impact of Yale University (Yale University, 2013)
HEFEI Statement
Association of American Universities (AAU)
- Reassessing the Value of Research Universities (2009)
- Research Universities: Their Value to Society Extends Well Beyond Research (2009)
League of European Research Universities (LERU)
- Opinion piece: Economic growth will come from Europe's research universities (2012)
- Research universities and research assessment (2012)
Russell Group
- The economic impact of research conducted in Russell Group universities (2010)
- Juwels in the crown: The importance and characteristics of the UK's world-class universities (2012)
Universities UK
- Driving Economic Growth (2011)
European Commission
Group of Eight
- Measuring the impact of research – the context for metric development (2011)
- Discussion paper: The role and importance of research intensive universities in the contemporary world (2013)