This project reflects critically on the quality and nature of research and of research knowledge in education and gerontology, and on the research assessment arrangements currently in place in the two applied fields. This builds on earlier work in philosophy of social research (epistemology) and on research policy.

Publications:
Oancea, A. and Furlong, J. (2007) Quality in applied and practice-based research. In: Research Papers in Education
Oancea, A. (2005) Criticisms of educational research: Key topics and levels of analysis. In: British Educational Research Journal, 31 (2).
Oancea, A. (2005) Authorship patterns of research articles in three UK-based academic journals. In: Research Intelligence, 91.
Oancea, A. (2004) The distribution of educational research expertise – findings from the analysis of RAE 2001 submissions (I, II). In: Research Intelligence, 87; 88.