Independent report

Evaluation of the benefits of the UK membership of ESO

An independent socio-economic impact evaluation study of the UK subscription to the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

• From: STFC
• Published: 24 February 2022

Documents

Socio-economic impact evaluation study of the UK subscription to ESO: Final report summary

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Benefits of the UK-ESO partnership

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Details

This document is the summary report, outlining the main findings from the study.

There were three main elements to this work:

• an impact evaluation of the benefits to the UK from its membership of ESO since 2002
• a process evaluation, focused on exploring the UK’s industrial return from ESO
• a future evaluation framework and plan for monitoring of ESO benefits.