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This concise, informative book analyses impact across the social sciences. Drawing on fifteen interviews with senior academics for a longitudinal view, the author sets out valuable recommendations of how and when scholars can achieve impact.

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“An important short guide to research impact in social policy — the book blends key academics' perceptions of the nature and meaning of impact over time with the contemporary governance of impact through the REF process. Essential reading.” Nicholas Ellison, University of York

Table of Contents
Introduction Dimension 1: The role of academic research in policymaking Researching impact Dimension 2: The nature of the underlying research and characteristics of the researchers Dimension 3: The nature and reach of impact Dimension 4: Taking the long view: looking back over 40 years of Social Policy

Dimensions of Impact in the Social Sciences

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9781447324089, 978-1447324089
      ISBN10: 1447324080

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This concise, informative book analyses impact across the social sciences. Drawing on fifteen interviews with senior academics for a longitudinal view, the author sets out valuable recommendations of how and when scholars can achieve impact.

      Trade Review
      “An important short guide to research impact in social policy — the book blends key academics' perceptions of the nature and meaning of impact over time with the contemporary governance of impact through the REF process. Essential reading.” Nicholas Ellison, University of York

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Dimension 1: The role of academic research in policymaking Researching impact Dimension 2: The nature of the underlying research and characteristics of the researchers Dimension 3: The nature and reach of impact Dimension 4: Taking the long view: looking back over 40 years of Social Policy

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