RQ+ - assessing research quality

This blog post is about how to measure research quality when viewing research from a systems perspective. We all work with 'evidence'. This is often based on research, either by ourselves or others. Research is also crucial for a knowledge economy, and its role in society is as important as it has always been. When research is used to inform development action on the ground, it is crucial that it is of high quality. But how is this defined, and measured in ways that go beyond conventional metrics, which are widely seen as insufficient, even misleading?