Impact

Social Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP
Communication
December 1, 2011

Social Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP

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Learning to Be Illegal
Impact
September 14, 2011

Learning to Be Illegal

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Schools for Democracy
Impact
September 14, 2011

Schools for Democracy

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It’s time for academics to help shape a new system of policy-making
Featured
July 5, 2011

It’s time for academics to help shape a new system of policy-making

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Presentations from ‘Investigating Academic Impact’ conference

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 […]

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Investigating Academic Impact: a conference at the LSE on 13 June 2011

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 […]

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Round up: Senator Coburn’s report on National Science Foundation funding

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 […]

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Being professional about ‘impact’

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 […]

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Social research and public accountability

Social research and public accountability

The Campaign for the Public University defends and promotes the idea of university as a public good. The following is an extract from a […]

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The arts and cultural sector faces ‘apocalyptic’ cuts in austere Britain. But new ways of looking at economic value can help to make the case for culture

The arts and cultural sector faces ‘apocalyptic’ cuts in austere Britain. But new ways of looking at economic value can help to make the case for culture

In the government’s programme of cuts it has become clear that the arts may well be hit the hardest. While historically it […]

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Who is influencing public policy and why?

Who is influencing public policy and why?

Reposted from Methodspace: a summary of the NatCen Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research Conference (23-24 April 2009) Chair: George […]

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