Barriers to quality in research
Quality approach in public research

The fears inherent in any quality approach, as presented by S. Mathieu [AG 1 740], who points out the drifts and slippages associated with the application of the ISO 9000 series of standards, naturally apply to the field of research.

Other reticence, more specific to public research, can be seen in the following points.

• Quality and creativity

  A recurring question is whether quality is not an obstacle to the researcher's creativity, since the quality approach is often associated with "bureaucracy", bringing with it its share of constraints. Researchers...