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Tag Archives: government
Dec 13 2012
Efforts to strengthen UK universities will suffer if campaigns ignore their European counterparts
Comments OffMoves to prove impact have led to a rise in campaign groups in support of public universities and the social sciences across the UK and Europe. Anne Corbett finds a worrying level of insularity in the UK’s organisations and argues … Continue reading
Posted by: December 13, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact
Dec 12 2012
A new paradigm of scholarly communications is emerging: A report from the Future of Impact conference
7 CommentsPolicymakers and academics agree that the economic or public impact of research can’t be demonstrated through just citations and bibliometrics yet open access publishing, altmetrics and online methods must be further developed before we can rely on them to prove … Continue reading
Posted by: December 12, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, academic publishing, government, impact, open access, Research Excellence Framework
Dec 3 2012
Research-based policymaking is complicated… or is it?
Comments OffHaving an impact on policymaking with your research may seem like an impenetrable dream when academics start of think of the tangled web of policy interactions that they must navigate. Kirsty Newman explains that the policymaking process is easy… once … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact
Nov 18 2012
Higher education reforms have put teaching and research infrastructure at serious risk
6 CommentsAs part of a British Politics and Policy special feature John Holmwood reflects on the broader changes which higher unviersity fees will brought about, arguing that higher education has a enduring public value which is obscured within the contemporary debate but that the … Continue reading
Posted by: November 18, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact, research
Nov 12 2012
The scientist as political tourist: the perils of pairing
1 CommentPairing MPs with scientists could be a great start to a working relationship but Alex Smith doubts the scheme’s credibility. He argues that more grounded and sustained engagement with politics is needed for academic to gain a real insight into … Continue reading
Posted by: November 12, 2012
Tagged with: evidence-based policy, government, impact
Nov 6 2012
I disagree that I disagree! There is room for more than one method of evidence in policymaking
1 CommentAcademics should not get ‘bogged down’ in their perceptions of what methods of research government values. Kirsty Newman explains that when it comes to decision making in government, there is no universal preference for one form of research evidence over … Continue reading
Posted by: November 6, 2012
Tagged with: evidence-based policy, government, impact
Oct 19 2012
Evidence alone is not enough: policymakers must be able to access relevant evidence if their policy is to work
Comments OffIt is not enough to look for evidence of a previous policy success. Jeremy Hardie and Nancy Cartwright argue that exactly what evidence is needed, and of what, is the key question that needs to be asked for making real evidence-based social policy … Continue reading
Posted by: October 19, 2012
Tagged with: evidence-based policy, government, impact, Knowledge transfer
Oct 12 2012
How and when social scientists in Government contribute to policy
1 CommentDoes a PhD allow social scientists in Government to climb the career ladder and make a difference to government policy? Mariell Juhlin, Puay Tang and Jordi Molas Gallart find that social scientists working within government benefit from an ‘expert’ effect as having an academic background … Continue reading
Posted by: October 12, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact, Knowledge transfer
Aug 17 2012
If impact is essential to REF, how can we find a common definition across research fields?
Comments Off‘Impact’ can mean different things to different people yet all researchers are being faced with proving evidence of their own impact. Teresa Penfield introduces the DESCRIBE project; an attempt to find a definition common to academics, international experts and professionals. … Continue reading
Posted by: August 17, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact, Research Excellence Framework
Aug 14 2012
Closing the ‘relevance’ gap makes more fundamental demands of academic researchers
Comments OffCatherine Durose argues that we must find alternative ways of working with communities that allow them to set terms of engagement. She advocates co-production, a research method premised on the shift in the power dynamics between researchers and ‘the researched’. The public engagement … Continue reading
Posted by: August 14, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, government, impact, Knowledge transfer, public engagement
