Abstract:
Professor Phil Jones will present his experiences of Research Assessment Exercises, mainly from a UK Built Environment perspective. Professor Jones is a leading building scientist with achievements spanning half a century. Professor Jones has been involved with the Research Excellence Framework (REF, the UK equivalent of RAE) as an active researcher and during his tenure as the Head of the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, during which Architecture at Cardiff was ranked 1st in the UK.

He was a member of the 2001 Built Environment and 2008 Architecture and Built Environment RAE panels in the UK, and the 2006 Built Environment panel in Hong Kong. He will talk in general terms about the RAE and REF, and then focus on specific features relating to outputs, impact and environment.