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(S5E7) Impact strategies with Saskia Gent
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode is part of Season 5, where we are investigating the impact of impact on research culture. In this episode your host Ged is joined by Saskia Gent.
Saskia Gent is Director of Insights for Impact, which she founded in 2017. Prior to that she was Head of Research Quality and Impact at the University of Sussex, where she led the University’s submission to the Research Excellence Framework, the UK’s national research assessment exercise, in 2014. Her experience with impact goes all the way back to 2010 working on a project funded by the UK Government to help developing countries realise benefits from migration. You can connect to Saskia on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Saskia has helped a number of research organisations and universities to develop impact strategies and she was co-author on a paper that analysed 77 impact strategies from across the globe.
I ask Saskia about this work and her take on how to develop a successful strategy. Her main messages include:
- the importance of impact and strategies being value driven
- that they should be co-produced with the researchers and external stakeholders
- there are two main types of strategy: enabling impact and achieving impact
- which may mean that you need nested strategies in large institutions. An enabling strategy at the institutional-level and achieving strategies at the research unit level (e.g. Schools, departments, programmes, etc).
Be sure to check out the other episodes in this season to find out more about how to ensure impact has a positive effect on your research culture.
Links:
- Researcher Development and Culture Website
- Our Concordat Implemention plans and progress
- University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
- University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
- University of Leeds Open Research Statement
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