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Impact Through Partnerships

Impact Through Partnerships . Dr Paul Sanderson, ESRC Knowledge Exchange Team. Agenda. Context: ESRC Delivery Plan 2011-15 Impact through partnership Role of Knowledge Exchange Targeting Private Sector Progress to date. ESRC Overview.

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Impact Through Partnerships

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  1. Impact Through Partnerships Dr Paul Sanderson, ESRC Knowledge Exchange Team

  2. Agenda • Context: ESRC Delivery Plan 2011-15 • Impact through partnership • Role of Knowledge Exchange • Targeting Private Sector • Progress to date

  3. ESRC Overview • Independent research organisation, funded mostly through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills • 2009-10 invested over £200 million, funding over 2,500 researchers in UK based academic/policy institutions and supported more than 3,000 postgraduate students • We have an international reputation both for: • providing independent, high-quality research on issues of importance to business, public and third sector organisations • our commitment to training world-class social scientists.

  4. Social Science lies at the heart of understanding and tackling the complex challenges facing society

  5. ESRC Strategic Plan 2009-14 Challenges for Social Science • Global Economic Performance, Policy and Management • Environment, Energy and Resilience • Security, Conflict and Justice • Social Diversity and Population Dynamics • Health and Wellbeing • New Technology, Innovation and Skills • Understanding Individual Behaviour

  6. ESRC Strategic Plan 2009-14 QUALITY – IMPACT – INDEPENDENCE ‘The ESRC expects that all the research it funds will be high quality and of scholarly distinction, but we are also committed to increasing its non academic impact, and benefit to the UK in public policy, economic prosperity, culture, and quality of life… These include the close engagement with potential research users before, during and after the research process, and aflow of people between research and the worlds of policy and practice’.

  7. ESRC Delivery Plan 2011-15 Shaped by spending review. Key themes and issues: • Refocusing activity around priority areas • Restructuring and streamlining schemes • Demand management • Research Infrastructure • Training and Capacity Building • Impact through Partnerships

  8. Strategic Priorities • Three strategic priorities • Economic Performance and Sustainable Growth • Influencing Behaviour and Informing Interventions • Vibrant and Fair Society • Currently liaising with academia, government and private sector to develop specific research questions • Prioritisation will apply across the ESRC’s business including research, training, resources, knowledge exchange

  9. Impact through Partnership • Impact remains of primary importance: • Academic • Societal • Economic • Policy • Emphasis on getting value from existing portfolio

  10. Benefits of Knowledge Exchange Facilitates, but does not guarantee, impact Academic Perspective: • Gain an understanding of the needs and priorities of potential research users • Inform academic research • Increase the prospects of academic research being applied (and generating a wider impact)

  11. Benefits of Knowledge Exchange Research User Perspective: • Research-informed evidence to develop and review policy and practice • Access to innovative ideas and expertise • Add value and enhance organisational creativity, performance and productivity through collaborations and partnerships • Gain access to collaborative funding

  12. User Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Shaped by opportunities from our portfolio, responsive to user needs, delivering impact Private Sector Public Sector Civil Society Environment, Energy and resilience Social Diversity and Population Dynamics Health and wellbeing Global economic performance, policy and management Understanding Individual Behaviour New technology, Innovation and Skills Security, Conflict and Justice Research Users ESRC Portfolio

  13. Knowledge Exchange Opportunities Capacity Building Collaborative Research/ Ventures Networks Follow-on Funding Student Internships Placements Seminars/ Workshops

  14. Impact through Partnerships Strengthen strategic relationships with the research community: • HEIs • Other Funders (BA, Nuffield, Welcome) • TSB Collaborative Research • RCUK Knowledge Exchange: - KTPs - KTN

  15. Impact through Partnerships And users… • Public sector • Civil Society • Private sector (business)

  16. Impact through Partnership: Public Sector • “Concordat” relationships with approx. 20 Government Departments • Annual meetings to share strategic priorities • Programme of partnered opportunities, e.g. public sector placements, public policy seminars • Input into consultations and research programmes

  17. Impact through Partnership: Civil Society • Strategic partnerships: National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) and the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) • Research: The Third Sector Research Centre, Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, Multiple Exclusion Homelessness, Centre for Market and Public Organisation • Knowledge Exchange: Third Sector Placement Scheme, seminars

  18. Impact through Partnership: Business • Public and Third sector will continue to be important partners • But business/private sector a priority for increased engagement - aim to increase business co-funding to 5% of external income by 2015 • Key areas: financial services, retail, ‘green economy’

  19. Engaging with business: some issues • Access: ESRC has a relatively low profile with business sector –communication issues, who to target? • Focus of ESRC research portfolio • Are schemes ‘fit for purpose’? • ESRC requirements • Quality • Independence • Impact …..timescales, disclosure; we don’t offer consultancy

  20. Engaging with the business sector • Improving access • Direct engagement • Networks : Financial Services KTN • via our Investments

  21. Financial Services KTN

  22. Financial Services and Social Science

  23. ESRC investments and business engagement • Business Engagement Survey 2010 – current activity by major ESRC investments. • Over 70% - some level of engagement with the sector • More than 30% - strong existing relationships • Advisory Boards, • Collaborative Research, etc. • Consultancy arrangements • Where can we add value? ,

  24. Making funding schemes ‘fit for purpose’ • Access and flexibility • ‘harmonised’ call April 2011 • Prioritisation and Targeting (‘top down’)

  25. We are making progress .… Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

  26. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

  27. Business collaboration 1. UK SME Finances Research Project in collaboration with Barclays Bank. Researchers at Warwick University carried out an analysis of credit conditions faced by UK SMEs, based on firm level surveys carried out between 2004 and 2008. The results showed that loan rejection rates increased significantly during the credit crisis and that there was a significant switch in lending towards lower risk firms, in particular those with collateral: higher risk businesses, which would have previously found it relatively easy to access loans during the credit boom, found their supply of credit substantially reduced.  Banks, to meet lending targets set by the Government, lent larger secured loans to low risk borrowers whilst reducing credit availability to higher risk borrowers and those without collateral. A Follow-on Study began in 2010, and comprises two parts: a policy analysis in collaboration with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and a commercial application, which involve developing an innovative model of small business default risk, in collaboration with Barclays Bank.

  28. Business collaboration 2. Future Evolution of Insurance Markets Following the success of this project, a further business placement will take place in 2011 to produce a global dataset covering the three main reinsurance markets, which between them hold over 90% of the global market share. Business Placement – Professor Paula Jarzabkowski, IICI Researchers from the Aston Business School, together with Insurance Intellectual Capital Initiative (IICI) undertook a study of reinsurance underwriting and brokering practices in the London and Bermuda reinsurance markets, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of face-to-face and electronic trading approaches and their implications for current practice and the evolution of the industry. The study, which includes audio and video-recordings of live trading, has been promoted extensively by IICI and disseminated extensively throughout the industry, allowing reinsurance firms and broking houses to systematically evaluate and strengthen operating practices.

  29. Business collaboration 3. Social responsibility among low fares airlines Business Placement – Professor Tim Coles, Flybe The research explored Corporate Social Responsibility policies amongst low-fares airlines flying to and from the UK. The study suggested that the most successful CSR approaches are strategic, whole-business solutions that are properly monitored and evaluated. Adopting a CSR strategy requires the airline to consider finance, resourcing, time, staffing, PR, communications, market positioning strategies and partnership relationships. “The study has helped us identify and overcome challenges in rolling out our CSR and gives us greater clarity in our environmental record and community involvement.” (Niall Duffy, Head of PR and Public Affairs at Flybe).

  30. To summarise • Post CSR, ESRC needs to sharpen focus and priorities on areas of greatest potential impact. • Impact through Partnerships is key • Important for ESRC to develop strategic partnerships, in order to act as knowledge broker and support impact from our portfolio • With focus on increasing engagement with business sector • ESRC has a range of opportunities for Knowledge Exchange • already available through our open calls but we are exploring other approaches • can also act in the capacity of knowledge broker

  31. Advice • Advice, support and training: Impact Toolkit • Help research centres and individual researchers engage with potential users and develop their research programmes How we can help • Knowledge Brokering • Conduit between researchers and research users • Knowledge transfer schemes • Engagement seminars and training workshops during the year Networking • Well established networks and working relationships with businesses, public sector and third sector organisations and academic researchers Contact: knowledgeexchange@esrc.ac.uk

  32. Thank You

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