The Impact Agenda: Controversies, Consequences and Challenges

Front Cover -- The Impact Agenda: Controversies, Consequences And Challenges -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures, Tables And Boxes -- List Of Abbreviations -- Notes On Authors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Critical Reflections On Research Impact -- Overview Of The Rest Of The Book -- Data Sources Employed In The Book And Authorship Of Chapters -- Note -- 2 The Rise Of Research Impact -- The Emergence Of Research Impact As An Idea -- Defining Research Impact -- Situating Research Impact Internationally Tracing The Emergence Of Research Impact As An Idea In The Uk -- Notes -- 3 Debating The Uk Impact Agenda -- Introduction: Key Concerns With, And Critiques Of, The Uk's Impact Agenda -- Concern 1: The Theoretical Challenge To Research Impact -- Concern 2: The Problems With Demonstrating And Attributing 'impact' -- Concern 3: The Difficulty Of Meaningfully Measuring Research Impact -- Concern 4: The Potential To Encourage And Reward 'symbolic' Research Use Or 'performative Impact' -- Concern 5: Impact As A Challenge To The Autonomy Of Academia Concern 6: The Assumption That Research Impact Is Necessarily 'positive' -- Concern 7: Overloading Policy Audiences And/or Confusing 'more Research Use' With 'better Research Use' -- Concern 8: Unnecessary Exclusion Of Impact Examples Via The Application Of An Arbitrary Time Limit -- Concern 9: The Resources Required To Achieve, Demonstrate And Assess Research Impact -- Concern 10: Reifying 'impact Heroes' And Traditional Elites -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Do Experiences And Perceptions Of Research Impact Vary By Discipline? -- Research Impact Across Disciplines 'genuine Impact' Versus 'ref Impact' -- Creating Narratives Of Impact -- The Complexity And Collective Nature Of Research Impacts -- Conceptual Versus Instrumental Impacts -- Impact Targets Audiences -- Industry And Technology -- Policy -- Publics -- Practice -- Targets, Impacts And Ref Panel Preferences -- 'easy' And 'difficult' Impacts -- Linking Research To Impact -- The Consequences Of The Impact Agenda For Academic Practices -- Increased Engagement And Collaborative Work -- Co-production As A Restriction On Critical Scholarship Research Impact As A Restriction On Academic Freedom And Autonomy -- Research Impact And Academic Careers -- The Impact Agenda And Research Quality -- Research Impact Shaping Research Projects -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5 Impact On Whom? Contrasting Research Impact With Public Engagement -- Definitions: The Relationship Between Impact And Public Engagement -- Rationalising Public Engagement -- Safer Bets? A Perceived Preference For Policy And Commercial Impacts -- Contrasting Public Engagement With Other Forms Of Research Impact -- Disciplinary Differences In Focus On Public Engagement Katherine Smith. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Conclusions Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.