30 min
(Bonus) Exploring Grimpact: The Other Side of Research Impact with Gemma Derrick Research Culture Uncovered
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- Society & Culture
In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this bonus episode, Ged Hall, Academic Development Consultant for Research Impact, chats to Dr Gemma Derrick about her current research project "At What Cost Societal Impact? How Research Culture and Governance Inspires Grimpact."
Gemma is an Associate Professor in University of Bristol. Her research interests include researcher behaviour, academic practice, research evaluation, societal impact, the research workforce and its governance (e.g. peer review systems), and the politics and dynamics of knowledge production and translation. She has investigated the effects of national audit frameworks, such as the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and others, to demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses in relation to their stated aims. Gemma has also previously been on the podcast talking about the Hidden REF.
Here are three key takeaways from the discussion of grimpact:
1. We need to shift our research culture away from a blind focus on reward to ensure that we aren’t blind to failures. When we are blind to failures we fail to learn from them.
2. To do that we need much greater reflexivity throughout the research process at both the individual and organisational level.
3. Which also means that we need to monitor for grimpact not just build our monitoring and evaluation systems around a blind focus on positive impact.
If you would like to find out more about Gemma’s project, head over to her website: https://www.grimpact.org/. You can also get in touch with Gemma via @GemmaDerrick and connect with her on LinkedIn or email (details on her University of Bristol profile page.
All of our episodes can be accessed via the following playlists:
Research Impact with Ged Hall (follow Ged on Twitter and LinkedIn) Open Research with Nick Sheppard (follow Nick on Twitter and LinkedIn) Research Careers with Ruth Winden (follow Ruth on Twitter and LinkedIn) Research talent management with Tony Bromley (follow Tony on Twitter and a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybromley/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...
In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this bonus episode, Ged Hall, Academic Development Consultant for Research Impact, chats to Dr Gemma Derrick about her current research project "At What Cost Societal Impact? How Research Culture and Governance Inspires Grimpact."
Gemma is an Associate Professor in University of Bristol. Her research interests include researcher behaviour, academic practice, research evaluation, societal impact, the research workforce and its governance (e.g. peer review systems), and the politics and dynamics of knowledge production and translation. She has investigated the effects of national audit frameworks, such as the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and others, to demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses in relation to their stated aims. Gemma has also previously been on the podcast talking about the Hidden REF.
Here are three key takeaways from the discussion of grimpact:
1. We need to shift our research culture away from a blind focus on reward to ensure that we aren’t blind to failures. When we are blind to failures we fail to learn from them.
2. To do that we need much greater reflexivity throughout the research process at both the individual and organisational level.
3. Which also means that we need to monitor for grimpact not just build our monitoring and evaluation systems around a blind focus on positive impact.
If you would like to find out more about Gemma’s project, head over to her website: https://www.grimpact.org/. You can also get in touch with Gemma via @GemmaDerrick and connect with her on LinkedIn or email (details on her University of Bristol profile page.
All of our episodes can be accessed via the following playlists:
Research Impact with Ged Hall (follow Ged on Twitter and LinkedIn) Open Research with Nick Sheppard (follow Nick on Twitter and LinkedIn) Research Careers with Ruth Winden (follow Ruth on Twitter and LinkedIn) Research talent management with Tony Bromley (follow Tony on Twitter and a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybromley/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...
30 min