STAKEHOLDERS' ROLE TO PRODUCE IMPACT FROM SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: WHAT LESSONS FOR EVALUATION?

The aim of the paper is twofold: a) to analyse the ways in which stakeholders are involved in social science research (SS) funded under European research projects, in order to identify elements -organisational characteristics of the project, types of stakeholders, type of involvement, that can increase the likelihood of producing an impact on policy and society; b) to discuss consequences of the empirical evi- dences for research evaluation both at the ex-ante level (elements cha- racterising the design of the project) and ex-post level (achievements and practices indicating that an impact is produced or signalling that an impact might occur).