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All research projects need to demonstrate their wider impact beyond academia. On the Catalyst research project there are a number of strategies we are adopting to achieve that through the project management workstream of Catalyst. The IRIS Impact tool (Exeter University) has been used to map out Catalyst's impact networks, opportunities, content and dissemination channels. A range of challenges and useful links are also provided.
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Catalyst – Impact Strategy
@catalystproj www.catalystproject.org.uk
About Catalyst3 year EPSRC research project 2011-14
• Citizen-led agenda
• Understanding behaviour– Why do people participate (or not) in society/civic
actions?
• Tools for change– Next generation {digital} technologies for social
change
• Reflecting on Interdisciplinarity
Impact
“the effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia”
• Digital Economy Impact Framework• Research Excellence Framework• Pathways to impact • Catalyst Impact strategy
Citizen-Led Research partnerships
co-research & co-production:mutually beneficial activities
• Research Sprints• Launch pads• Serendipity Cafes• Research Relays• Protee dialogues• Public
engagement with research
*Interfacing Research & Impact Systems Toolset
1. Map Impact Network
2. Opportunity: When might impact occur in research process?
3. Evidence collection methods
4. Create impact content for dissemination
5. Communication Channels
http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/computer-science/research/impact/iris/
1. Catalyst Impact Network
• Local, National & International Academic networks – network bid
• Local & National Community Groups• Policy Makers – local, regional, national• Industry practitioners - local• Public engagement network – regional, national
2. Catalyst Impact opportunity
• Serendipity cafes: sharing challenges, making connections
• Setting research agenda & question in partnership with community organisations
• Undertaking research in partnership with community organisations
• Knowledge exchange: Protee dialogues & Relay• Public Engagement with research• Interdisciplinary Academic engagement
Lessons Learned: Protee
• Project dialogues• Learn from failure
and success• Insights:
– innovation– management– interdisciplinarity
Sprints & Launch pads
Local Trade, Local WealthSuccess in Activist TweetsPatchworks
Research Sprint - #Patchworks
Research Sprint – 8 Months
Is it possible to co-design, with homeless communities, a simple and cheap health monitoring and communication tool using the methods and materials of ‘personal manufacturing’ (DIY-Bio/garage science)?
Rod Dillon Rebecca Ellis Sharon Calverley Asa CalowBiomedicine Environment Centre Signposts Madlab
Maria Angela Ferrario Will Simm Jen Southern Management Computing Sociology
Interdisciplinary community-academic partnerships
#Patchworks
Key activities: Patchworks
Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct
How to w/shopsHow to w/shops
Decided which
prototype
Decided which
prototype
RelayRelayBuilding
prototypeBuilding
prototype
Literature reviewLiterature review
research observation and documentation of organisations & workshopsresearch observation and documentation of organisations & workshops
Wider presentation and discussion of project at conferencesWider presentation and discussion of project at conferences
User testingUser testing
Exploratory workshopsExploratory workshops
Writing academic papersWriting academic papers
PROTEEdialogue
PROTEEdialogue
video
video
video
videovide
ovide
o
PROTEEdialogue
PROTEEdialogue
Research proposalResearch proposal
Enhancing impact: knowledge exchange & public
engagement
Public engagementKnowledge exchange
3. Catalyst Evidence Collection
Self-assessment• Case study• Surveys• Feedback forms
Proprietary tools• Pathways to Impact• Digital Economy Impact Framework• Ethnographic videography• External evaluator• Alt-metrics
4. Catalyst Content
• Impact publication• Publications & Case Studies• Workshop content• Videos & photographs• Social Media: youtube, twitter, facebook, menderley,
slideshare• Slide presentations• Open access knowledge repositories• News articles & blog posts• Games
5. Catalyst Communication Channels
• Academic Journals• Catalyst Website• Social media: youtube, twitter, facebook, slideshare,
menderley, flickr• Advisory Group• Co-Investigators via departmental meetings & seminars• Blogs (internal & external)• Conferences including annual Research Relay• Serendipity cafes
6. Impact challenges
• Tracking impact within and across projects• Demonstrating Impact: ‘must create a change’• Attribution: Interdisciplinary nature of Catalyst• Advisory Group• Impact must be underpinned by 2* research• Resourcing implications• Timing – i) impact to manifest ii) research underpinning• Storing evidence beyond life of funding period• Maintaining connections with project participants• Community acknowledgement
7. Useful impact links
• RCUK pathways to impact toolkit: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/kei/impacts/Pages/home.aspx
• LSE impact of social sciences blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
• Resources: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/resources/
• Describe project: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/describe/
• NCCPE-JISC impact analysis: facilitation & synthesis: http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about/impact-analysis
• ESRC: Pathways to impact toolkit: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/tools-and-resources/impact-toolkit/index.aspx
• Toolkit for the impact of digitised scholarly resources: http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/tidsr/
• Alt-metrics aggregator: http://impactstory.org/
