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Knowledge Exchange and Impact

Knowledge Exchange and Impact. Frances Burstow Head of Skills and Methods, ESRC. Why are we talking “impact”.

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Knowledge Exchange and Impact

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  1. Knowledge Exchange and Impact Frances Burstow Head of Skills and Methods, ESRC

  2. Why are we talking “impact” ESRC’s Royal Charter ‘Advance knowledge and provide trained social scientists which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries, thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of Our United Kingdom, the effectiveness of public services and policy, and the quality of life’

  3. What do we mean by “impact”? “The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to society and the economy” Economic and societal impacts embrace all the extremely diverse ways in which research-related knowledge and skills benefit individuals, organisations and nations by: • fostering global economic performance, and specifically the economic competitiveness of the United Kingdom, • increasing the effectiveness of public services and policy, • enhancing quality of life, health and creative output.

  4. Outputs and Impacts • Articles, reports, theses, seminars, conferences and other events are all outputs. • If an output is taken up and used by policymakers or practitioners to make changes, that is impact. • If research evidence has benefited individuals, organisations or nations, that is impact. • You can have knowledge exchange without impact, but you can’t have impact without knowledge exchange.

  5. What is excellent KE? • Awareness of policy and practice contexts (local, regional, national, international) • Identifying relevant potential research users • Participating in networks that include stakeholders and research users, establishing relationships, dialogue • Users engaged at the outset and throughout • Accessible findings (language, format) • Role for intermediaries as translators, amplifiers, network providers

  6. Impact Toolkit http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/impact-toolkit/

  7. Developing an Impact Strategy • Impact is about relationships • Brainstorm and prioritise who might be interested • Take an interest in others – academics and non academics have lots to offer • Think about ways to engage them • Think about the skills you might need to make this happen • Not everyone you try to connect with will be interested – move on and keep going

  8. Developing an Impact Strategy • Evaluating and tracking impact • Impact is not guaranteed – it might be happening and you are not aware of it or it might happen many years after your research • Establishing a robust impact assessment framework is vital if you are to capture the impact of your work • Helpful to think – what will help you tell the story in 1,2,3 years time? – Qualitative feedback, meetings, recordings, hits, uploads/length of stay/who got in touch, comments, etc.

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