Presentations from ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference
A selection of presentations from speakers at the ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference at the London School of Economics on 13 June are […]
KABOOM: Exploding ‘impact’
Picture: social researcher number one. This is a drawing of a social researcher. I don’t mean a researcher who studies social relations. […]
Why academics should learn how to influence government policy
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Chris O’Brien Back in 2008, a report by the Council […]
Investigating Academic Impact: a conference at the LSE on 13 June 2011
Academics today are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of the impact of their research on the world outside academia, whilst universities […]
Round up: Senator Coburn’s report on National Science Foundation funding
There has been a good deal of debate across the web this week following the publication of a report by United States […]
Campaign for Social Science reaches £50,000 milestone
The newly-created Campaign for Social Science has just reached its first fundraising milestone of £50,000. This is a significant step towards the […]
Being professional about ‘impact’
Every now and again I see someone argue that the models for public engagement and impact built for natural sciences are all […]
John Urry and Chris Rojek: “British Sociology since 1945″
Recorded at the British Sociological Association annual conference 2011, sponsored by SAGE. In this interview with Professor John Urry, Professor Chris Rojek […]
