Societal Impact

Why Don’t Business Schools Publish More Impactful Research?
Business and Management INK
February 21, 2023

Why Don’t Business Schools Publish More Impactful Research?

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A Decades-Long Journey of Marketing and Public Policy Research to Support the Greater Good
Business and Management INK
February 13, 2023

A Decades-Long Journey of Marketing and Public Policy Research to Support the Greater Good

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How Might Societal Impact be Recognized within an FT Top 50 Journal?
Business and Management INK
February 6, 2023

How Might Societal Impact be Recognized within an FT Top 50 Journal?

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‘Organization Studies’ Seeks to Award Impactful Student Papers
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August 31, 2022

‘Organization Studies’ Seeks to Award Impactful Student Papers

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Impact ≠ Impact ≠ Impact 

Impact ≠ Impact ≠ Impact 

In this second response to Ziyad Marar’s thought piece “On Measuring Social Science Impact” from Organizational Studies, Anne-Wil Harzing, professor of international management and staff development lead at Middlesex University Business School, sets the stage for further discussion by defining impact in terms of progressing scientific knowledge, developing critical thinking, and addressing societal problems. 

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Connecting Academia and Civil Society: Walking an Impact Tightrope

Connecting Academia and Civil Society: Walking an Impact Tightrope

For researchers in civil society organizations publishing and collaborating with academics on mutually beneficial projects is uncommon. Oxfam’s Franziska Mager discusses the barriers and benefits to research that brings together charities and academia and how this reflects different valuations of impact.

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Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide

Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide

Wikipedia provides one of the most straightforward and effective means to share knowledge and to leverage research findings towards societal impact. So here’s how to use it.

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Getting a Handle on Both Societal and Scientific Impact

Getting a Handle on Both Societal and Scientific Impact

In this post, Jorrit Smit and Laurens Hessels, draw on a recent analysis of different impact evaluation tools to explore how they constitute and direct conceptions of research impact. Finding a common separation between evaluation focused on scientific and societal impact, they suggest bridging this divide may prove beneficial to producing research that has public value, rather than research that achieves particular metrics.

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Live Blogging Virtual Conference on Social Science’s Societal Impact

Live Blogging Virtual Conference on Social Science’s Societal Impact

The Network for Advancing and Evaluating Societal Impact of Science, or AESIS, is currently conducting its Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities […]

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AESIS Virtual Conference Looks at Social Science’s Societal Impact

AESIS Virtual Conference Looks at Social Science’s Societal Impact

The Network for Advancing and Evaluating Societal Impact of Science, or AESIS, will hold the next edition of its Impact of Social […]

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