{"id":2992,"date":"2022-05-12T13:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2022-05-12T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:57:19","slug":"department-of-economics-ref2021-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/department-of-economics-ref2021-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Economics #REF2021 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the results of #REF2021 have been announced, and the Department of Economics has contributed to two successful entries into the exercise &#8211; we go into both Business and Management Studies, and Anthropology and Development.<\/p>\n<p>Across these two submissions, to which we made significant contributions, between 86% and 91% of our research output has been classed as internationally excellent (4* and 3*). We contributed an Impact case study to Business and Management, and hence contributed towards 100% of impact being scored 4* and 3* in that Unit of Assessment, and we contributed in both departments to the Research Environment being considered to be conducive to producing research of internationally excellent or world-leading quality and enabling very considerable or outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been part of a particularly strong submission for Development, from our Global Development Research Division into which a number of our staff contribute. That submission was ranked 9th in the UK overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2994\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2022\/05\/Global-Dev-9-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re really pleased that our research is being highly regarded in such evaluation exercises, and it reflects the fact we continue to do well in other rankings, not least the <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.uk.html\">Ideas\/RepEc rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/news\/2022\/University-News\/REF-Results-2021<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/news\/ref-2021-subject-rankings<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/wonkhe.com\/blogs\/understanding-the-ref-2021-results\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the results of #REF2021 have been announced, and the Department of Economics has contributed to two successful entries into the exercise &#8211; 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