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Aggregate indicator title

Knowledge democracy

Description

Transdisciplinary and relevance of topics 

Domain

Science & Technology

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary data

Source of data

Participants

Time series

Yes, evaluation at four stages of a project - early stages, mid-project, end of the project, and post-project

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Context, process, outcomes

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

(online) self-evaluation questionnaires to be completed at four stages of a project - early evaluation, mid evaluation, end evaluation and post-project evaluation - designed to the profile of the respondents (i.e. civil society members, researchers, students, project managers)

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the 'indicator building' field

Indicator building
  • Scientific relevance
  • Openness
  • Transdisciplinary
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Moderately resource demanding

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Gresle et al. (2019)