The Impact Agenda Controversies, Consequences and Challenges
The Impact Agenda: Controversies, Consequences and Challenges by Katherine E. Smith is published by Policy Press and was released on May 13, 2020. This first edition spans 240 pages and is presented in English. The book critically examines the research impact agenda, addressing the ongoing debates surrounding the measurement of research impact and engagement both in the UK and internationally.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of research impact tools and processes that are relevant to various stakeholders, including academics, research funders, and knowledge brokers. The book utilizes empirical data to explore the challenges and consequences of incentivizing specific forms of research impact, while also drawing on qualitative data and theories related to the science-policy interplay. This comprehensive review aims to enhance understanding of research utilization and offers insights into improving research impact within the academic and policy-making communities.
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Measuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in the UK and internationally. This book is the first to provide a critical review of the research impact agenda, situating it within international efforts to improve research utilisation. Using empirical data, it discusses research impact tools and processes for key groups such as academics, research funders, ‘knowledge brokers’ and research users, and considers the challenges and consequences of incentivising and rewarding particular articulations of research impact. It draws on wide ranging qualitative data, combined with theories about the science-policy interplay and audit regimes to suggest ways to improve research impact.
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