The rise of research impact

The Impact Agenda ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447339854.003.0002 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 13-26

Author(s):

Katherine E. Smith ◽

Justyna Bandola-Gill ◽

Nasar Meer ◽

Ellen Stewart ◽

Richard Watermeyer

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Research Impact ◽

Research Impact Assessment ◽

The Uk ◽

Historical Antecedents

This chapter charts the origins and emergence of the research impact agenda in the UK, noting some of its historical antecedents and international influences. It explores the apparent motivations and rationales that have underpinned the various dimensions of research impact assessment, and the associated expectations that different actors appear to have. The chapter includes a visual summary of key developments in the evolution of research impact assessment and incentivisation in the UK.

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Introduction: critical reflections on research impact

The Impact Agenda ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447339854.003.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Katherine E. Smith ◽

Justyna Bandola-Gill ◽

Nasar Meer ◽

Ellen Stewart ◽

Richard Watermeyer

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Research Impact ◽

Research Impact Assessment ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact ◽

Critical Reflections

This chapter briefly explains what we mean by ‘the impact agenda’ and what the UK approach to research impact assessment involves. This chapter also makes the case for why an empirical investigation of the recent changes associated with research impact assessment is required and provides key definitions and an overview of the rest of the book.

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A Study on Methodologies for Research Impact Assessment: Responses of the UK Research Councils to the Warry Report

Industry and Higher Education ◽

10.5367/ihe.2010.0006 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 393-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

André Luiz de Campos

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Research Funding ◽

Research Impact ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Impact Studies ◽

Research Impact Assessment ◽

The Uk ◽

Research Councils ◽

The Impact

The experience of the UK Research Councils in assessing the impacts of their research funding is discussed, including a report on the findings of research which reviewed the impact studies implemented by the Research Councils. The response of the Councils to the challenge of demonstrating the impacts of their funding and the main methodologies used are presented and the implications of both for the Research Councils and policy makers elsewhere are outlined.

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The Impact Agenda

10.1332/policypress/9781447339854.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Katherine Smith ◽

Justyna Bandola-Gill ◽

Nasar Meer ◽

Ellen Stewart ◽

Richard Watermeyer

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Academic Research ◽

Research Impact ◽

Empirical Examination ◽

Societal Benefit ◽

Wide Range ◽

Research Impact Assessment ◽

Academic Practices ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact

As international interest in promoting and assessing the impact of research grows, this book examines the ensuing controversies, consequences and challenges. It places a particular emphasis on learning from experiences in the UK, since this is the country at the forefront of a range of new approaches to incentivising, monitoring and rewarding research impact achievements. The book aims to understand the origins and rationale for these changes and to critically assess their consequences for academic practice. Combining a review of existing literature with a range of new qualitative data (from interviews, focus groups and documentary analysis), The Impact Agenda is unique in providing a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary empirical examination of the ways in which various forms of research impact assessment are shaping academic practices. Although the primary focus of the book is on the UK, the book also considers the different approaches that other countries with an interest in research impact are taking (notably Australia, Canada and the Netherlands). While noting the benefits that the increasing emphasis on outward facing work is bringing, the book draws attention to a wide range of challenges and controversies associated with research impact assessment and, in particular, with the UK’s chosen approach. It concludes by using the insights in the book to propose an alternative, more theoretically robust approach to incentivising and rewarding efforts to undertake and use academic research for societal benefit.

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Missiological research: Making impact or missing the mark?

Missiology An International Review ◽

10.1177/00918296211002137 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009182962110021

Author(s):

Hae-Won Kim

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Research Impact ◽

Societal Impact ◽

Conceptual Frameworks ◽

Research To Practice ◽

Research Knowledge ◽

Academic Impact ◽

Research Impact Assessment ◽

Key Concepts

This article explores ways of conceptualizing research impact and its assessment in the context of missiological research. Can it be assumed that there is a link between missiological research knowledge and research impact on mission practice and practitioners? First, the author defines and discusses some key concepts – research impact, impact assessment, academic impact and societal impact – as well as conceptual frameworks of and approaches to research impact assessment. The author then begins to conceptualize a framework for linking research to practice in missiological research which can be further developed into a framework for research impact assessment.

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