Krapyva I. Theoretical and methodological foundations and methodical features of the evaluation research of socially relevant innovations

The thesis is devoted to the study of methodological principles, theoretical foundations, methodical features of the evaluation research due to its object (socially relevant innovations). There is explained in the thesis the purpose of "evaluation research", grounded the position of the evaluation in the structure of sociological knowledge and the system of applied social researches. In the context of the constructivism clarified the definition of the "socially relevant innovations". There are expand methodical and organizational features of the evaluation research due to the characteristics of socially relevant innovations. Proposed system of the criteria for evaluating socially relevant innovations and made its approbation by the example of evaluating innovation "External Independent Evaluation".