research impact kitzinger
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Jenny Kitzinger Cardiff University
Creating impact from research
Case study: “Improving decision-making about treatment for people in vegetative and minimally conscious states”
For: Arts Humanities and Social Sciences College Impact meeting
2015
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Structure of talk• Do we care? Why have impact?
• A case study of some high impact humanities / social science research
• How impact can be achieved through: (a) strong foundations (b) building collaborations and networks(c) diverse outputs and engagement
• How to document Impact
• Conclusion and reflection
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Background – the particular case
• See - youtube summary of nature of this project’s impact and the collaborations:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFH2Tj5ekoM
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… and now for some general principles
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Core impact activities
1. Laying strong foundations
2. Building collaborations and partnerships
3. Creating diverse outputs and engagement (diverse audiences, diverse formats/outlets)
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1. Laying strong foundations Classic academic approaches (literature review and scoping conversation)
+Grassroots research (in-depth research on what was going on ‘on the ground’)
+Stakeholders meeting (briefing paper followed by seminar, over 2 days)
‘bottom up’ & ‘top down’‘Inside out’ & ‘outside in’
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2. Building collaborations
Collaborations across:• Universities (lead co-researcher Prof Celia
Kitzinger, University of York)• Disciplines (e.g. History, Philosophy, Health
Sciences, Biosciences, Law etc) • Sectors (e.g. health care professionals)• And alongside ‘service users’ (families)
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Follow what ever issue you are studying across sitesExample of sectors implicated
– e.g. by ‘patient’s trajectory’ through health service
AmbulanceA&E
Intensive care
Neuro-surgery Rehabilitation Care
homes
Courts
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3. Creating diverse outputs• Publications (some REF returnable, but also blogs, or
editorials in professional journal) (Open access)
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Diverse outputs: cultural
• Networking through dialogue (tweet conversations
• Building a website for the research centre: www.cdoc.ac.uk
• Media (e.g. work with journalists)
• Artists (e.g. shadow puppet theatre)
• Festivals (e.g. the ‘Before I Die’ with support from University Engagement team)
• A postcard exhibition (messages from interviewees) taken round conferences
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Diverse outputs: policy• Other research involvement + seminar series
• Serving on working parties
• Evidence to House of Lords/parliament
• On-line resources : www.healthtalk.org.uk – ‘coma’
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Different outlets, formats and…different Audiences
Policy makers
Practitioners
Families
Publics
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Documenting Impact
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If a tree falls…and no one documents it, does it have ‘impact’?
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No – not according to REF
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Documenting impact
• On-line monitoring of resource use = good metrics data
• Keeping records of queries and comments that come in from resource users
• Launch evaluation
• ‘Before’ and ‘after’ assessment at training sessions using the resource = measures change
• Development of training materials from the resource increases/expands impact
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Conclusion Do you need an impact plan? … start early, integrate impact, identify networks. Care about outcomes, document them. Recognise who else (or nobody else) is going to do it.
Balancing costs and benefits of impact work: • Costs:
- can take you away from ‘pure theory’ (but see ‘benefits’) - time demands - other priorities slip with need to be reactive to policy timetable- can put you in the firing line.
• Benefits: - can be more theoretically challenging/interesting;- impact work informs (rather than simply results from) your research - can make a difference.
*** Thank you ***Jenny Kitzinger