The Circulation of Evaluative Information

Authors

  • Peter Dahler-Larsen Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7051

Keywords:

circulation, diffusion, performance indicators, workplace assessments, Google Scholar

Abstract

Given ongoing changes in the social structuration of evaluation, the circulation of evaluative information is becoming an increasingly important factor in the production of constitutive effects of evaluation. There is power in the circulation of evaluative information, and therefore also power in attempts to regulate or curb it. Based on one case exemplifying massive circulation of evaluative information (Google Scholar), and one with very limited circulation (workplace assessments), we show how infrastructure, interests and institutional rules are useful analytical entry points into studies of circulation. The paper proposes a new theoretical and empirical attention to circulation of evaluative information as a fragile and contested phenomenon.

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Author Biography

Peter Dahler-Larsen, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Dahler-Larsen, Professor, leader of CREME (Center for Research on Evaluation, Measurement and Effects), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of “The Evaluation Society” (Stanford University Press 2012), “Quality. From Plato to Performance” (Palgrave 2019)” and editor of “A Research Agenda for Evaluation” (Elgar 2021).

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Published

2021-12-15

How to Cite

Dahler-Larsen, P. (2021). The Circulation of Evaluative Information. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 25(3/4), 17–35. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7051

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