Presentation about how to achieve research impact by Professor Paul van Gardingen, Strategic Advisor on Impact to the ESRC-DFID Joint Research Scheme on International Development, Director Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme and UNESCO Chair in International Development at The University of Edinburgh. Given as part of ACES/CSID workshop on "Achieving Research Impact" at the University of Aberdeen in January 2011
Discover in this deck what VUCA means, what sensemaking is about and have access to a new sensemaking model.
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Discover in this deck an overview of communication tips, somes interesting stories and get ideas for communication practices.
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Working Out Loud Through Open InnovationPaul Taylor
Originally presented for NHS England at #CAHPO16 - this deck looks at innovation and working out loud It proposes that through digital technology we have a huge opportunity to join sectors and boost our capacity and capability for innovation and change
Presentation about how to achieve research impact by Professor Paul van Gardingen, Strategic Advisor on Impact to the ESRC-DFID Joint Research Scheme on International Development, Director Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme and UNESCO Chair in International Development at The University of Edinburgh. Given as part of ACES/CSID workshop on "Achieving Research Impact" at the University of Aberdeen in January 2011
Discover in this deck what VUCA means, what sensemaking is about and have access to a new sensemaking model.
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Discover in this deck an overview of communication tips, somes interesting stories and get ideas for communication practices.
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Working Out Loud Through Open InnovationPaul Taylor
Originally presented for NHS England at #CAHPO16 - this deck looks at innovation and working out loud It proposes that through digital technology we have a huge opportunity to join sectors and boost our capacity and capability for innovation and change
Workshop for #EIDS2016 at Ghent University
This workshop is for PhD students who no longer need convincing that setting up a communication strategy is part of being a modern scientist or scholar. They also believe that social media has earned its place in this strategy. But they are not quite sure how to take it to the next level. Sure, they read the occasional blog or have created a Twitter account but now what? Esther will show you how social media (with a focus on Twitter) can fit into the larger scheme of developing and sharing your research.
Workshop (in Dutch) on the benefits of using social media for researchers - as given at Karel de Grote Hogeschool and Arteveldehogeschool January-February 2016
Workshop about increasing the impact of your research, the importance of good communication (incl. storytelling) and the use of social media.
Given at Research Day of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University.
Societal impact of research: Ghent University case studyEsther De Smet
Stimulating societal value creation of research at Ghent University - Actieplan Maatschappelijke valorisatie voor Universiteit Gent
Slides in English but notes in Dutch
Slide set for members of Departement of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University 12 October 2015. How can social media play a part in your research and the communication of your research?
Workshop for #EIDS2016 at Ghent University
This workshop is for PhD students who no longer need convincing that setting up a communication strategy is part of being a modern scientist or scholar. They also believe that social media has earned its place in this strategy. But they are not quite sure how to take it to the next level. Sure, they read the occasional blog or have created a Twitter account but now what? Esther will show you how social media (with a focus on Twitter) can fit into the larger scheme of developing and sharing your research.
Workshop (in Dutch) on the benefits of using social media for researchers - as given at Karel de Grote Hogeschool and Arteveldehogeschool January-February 2016
Workshop about increasing the impact of your research, the importance of good communication (incl. storytelling) and the use of social media.
Given at Research Day of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University.
Societal impact of research: Ghent University case studyEsther De Smet
Stimulating societal value creation of research at Ghent University - Actieplan Maatschappelijke valorisatie voor Universiteit Gent
Slides in English but notes in Dutch
Slide set for members of Departement of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University 12 October 2015. How can social media play a part in your research and the communication of your research?
A primary goal of mental health education is to increase awareness. This involves teaching children what mental health means, and how to maintain positive mental health. It is vital that youth understand the concept of self-care and that they are responsible for their own mental health.
In 2018, the SciELO Program will celebrate 20 years of operation, in full alignment with the advances of open science.
The SciELO 20 Years Conference will address and debate – during its three-day program – the main political, methodological and technological issues that define today’s state of the art in scholarly communication and the trends and innovations that is shaping the future of the universal openness of scholarly publishing and its relationship with today’s Open Access journals, in particular those of the SciELO Network.
The program of the conference is organized around the alignment of SciELO journals and operations with the best practices on communication of open science, such as publishing research data, expediting editorial processes and communication through the continuous publication of articles and the adoption of preprints, maximizing the transparency of research evaluation and the flow of scholarly communication, and searching for more comprehensive systems for assessing research, articles and journals.
A two-day meeting of the coordinators of the national collections of the SciELO Network will take place prior to the Conference with focus on the evaluation of SciELO journals and the SciELO Program and their improvement following the lines of action that will guide their development in the forthcoming five years.
The celebration of SciELO’s 20-year anniversary constitutes an important landmark in SciELO’s evolution, and an exceptional moment to promote the advancement of an inclusive, global approach to scholarly communication and to the open access movement while respecting the diversities of thematic and geographic areas, as well as of languages of scientific research.
From a talk to the Workshop on Integrated Strategy on Healthy Living and Chronic Diseases, Ottawa, February 2011.
Knowledge exchange is more than just a compilation or warehousing of data or information. To generate new knowledge we must infuse data with new meaning. We do this not in an additive way from single actions and data-bits, but by creating a story about the overall pattern embedded in events and data and then using that story to understand more clearly the events and data that gave rise to it.
Embracing design thinking to unlock the ideas boomJason Dunstone
Invited commentary by me in July 2016 AMSRS (Australian Market and Social Research Society) Research New Magazine.
Ideas are all the rage. Both at a Federal
and State Government level there is a
focus on enabling and encouraging the
ideas economy. As Malcolm Turbull
proclaimed on ousting Abbott -
“There has never been a more exciting
time to be an Australian.”
Start-up funds, hubs and support programs are
popping up quicker than bunnies at Easter. And our big
Corporates and Government are rushing to embrace
whatever it takes to be the next Facebook, Apple or
Google.
Is the market and social research industry prepared
to play a critical role in this exciting new era?
In my 22 years in market and social research, there
is no question that the industry is ever evolving and
innovative. Yet, there is opportunity for the research
industry to move thinking around innovation beyond
how to better collect consumer understanding towards
a more integrated and holistic approach to moving from
research to insight, to ideas and most importantly action.
We are proud to announce our 35th Innovation Excellence Weekly for Slideshare. Inside you'll find ten of the best innovation-related articles from the past week on Innovation Excellence - the world's most popular innovation web site and home to 5,500+ innovation-related articles.
For those who feel more than responsible and passionate for Corporate Learning.
In order to make the European economy more efficient and responsible, an initiative group involved in the HRM Expo has established an award that distinguishes ideas that have a pan-European effects and provide new approaches to corporate learning. With the “Leonardo - European Corporate Learning Award“ people are honoured who have initiated and put into practice “beacon projects“ for European education and have thus become benchmarks for other participants throughout Europe, in particular:
- through innovations in the field of “corporate learning”, whose impact extends to other firms and sectors (keywords: knowledge- and talent-management, knowledge partnerships, training and e-learning concepts, life-long learning)
- through services to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and intercultural cohesion in Europe, which serve as examples and have a broader impact, which contribute significantly towards growth and employment in the spirit of the “Europe 2020” Lisbon follow-up strategy.
In 2010, the first “Leonardo – European Corporate Learning Award” was awarded to Prof. Dr. Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission, for his efforts to anchor the community goals of a European educational policy within the framework of the Maastricht treaties, the UNESCO proclamation for education in the 21st century: The treasures within "Learning to know, Learning to do, Learning to live together, Learning to be. Winner in 2011 was Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia for brining the wisdom of crowds to centre-stage.
Since 2012 there have been three partly overlapping categories of the Leonardo Award, which is actually no coincidence. The award emphasizes the unique components of each of the award-winning education innovations, which are unified by the Leonardo's holistic spirit:
Leonardo – Thought Leadership
Leonardo - Company Transformation
Leonardo – Crossing Borders
Website: http://www.leonardo-award.eu/content/index_eng.html
Impact support for research administratorsEsther De Smet
Workshop for NARMA on how research admin can collaborate across departments and work with researchers to motivate, promote, identify, and describe impact - March 2019
Plenary talk about the importance of approaching your research impact and communication strategically
Zeg 't Eens / Let's Talk Science Summer School 2018
Pecha Kucha presentation for INORMS2018 about Ghent University plans to offer the research community the support and tools to set up their own research quality assurance
Workshop on research impact, research communication, and public engagement for FEARS 2018 (research symposium of Faculty of Engineering at Ghent University)
Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
0x01 - Newton's Third Law: Static vs. Dynamic AbusersOWASP Beja
f you offer a service on the web, odds are that someone will abuse it. Be it an API, a SaaS, a PaaS, or even a static website, someone somewhere will try to figure out a way to use it to their own needs. In this talk we'll compare measures that are effective against static attackers and how to battle a dynamic attacker who adapts to your counter-measures.
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Diogo Sousa, Engineering Manager @ Canonical
An opinionated individual with an interest in cryptography and its intersection with secure software development.
This presentation by Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota), was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/crps.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
Sharpen existing tools or get a new toolbox? Contemporary cluster initiatives...Orkestra
UIIN Conference, Madrid, 27-29 May 2024
James Wilson, Orkestra and Deusto Business School
Emily Wise, Lund University
Madeline Smith, The Glasgow School of Art
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1. 1
Hello, my name is Esther and I am … the odd one out.
First of all: I am not a postdoc, not even a doc and I have no research experience (as you
might define it).
2. Second (and for some maybe worse): I work at the dreaded rectorate as a research
policy advisor – an often faceless job balancing the hopes and dreams of many masters
and mistresses.
But you might also consider both issues as my strengths:
I am part of what they call ‘the public’. Moreover, my specific expertise as a policy
advisor lies in communication, information management and more recently, societal
impact.
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3. So not only can you test out your exploits on me, I am a great go-between or broker and
even a partner. You can get policy-based (dare I say evidence-based) advice from me or I
can point you in the right direction by providing tools and examples so you can develop
your own special brand of impact.
So not only can you test out your exploits on me, I am a great go-between or broker and
even a partner. You can get policy-based (dare I say evidence-based) advice from me or I
can point you in the right direction by providing tools and examples so you can develop
your own special brand of impact.
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4. And that is also why I am here now.
To give you an insight of what is happening in academia and policy when it comes to
societal impact, and where Ghent University is at (and wants to be) when it comes to
creating an environment for such efforts.
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5. let’s just say that there’s a whole battery of words and phrases for what we are
discussing – knowledge exchange or mobilisation, public service, outreach, societal value
creation, impact
let me start with quickly contextualizing this concept:
Why should you bother with this societal impact malarkey?
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6. I have found that it often makes for better science and better researchers. Of course
there is such a thing as ‘accountability’ (the public is paying so they have a right to your
science) but I am not a big fan of this approach. It works so much better if you look at it
in an authentic, almost intrinsic way. It really helps if you see the benefits and like doing
it.
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7. All across the western world policy makers are trying to force this shift through research
evaluation and funding: from the Broader Impacts program of the NSF to the dreaded
REF and the Societal Challenges Pillar of Horizon 2020. Even our own FWO has
introduced an impact paragraph.
But do not shift too far. Do not be fooled into thinking that societal impact should be the
same as societal relevance. We must find a way to safeguard fundamental research too.
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8. If you take back one thing from my talk is that creating an impact is an iterative process.
Do not be overly focused on results and output. There’s more to impact than
dissemination or straightforward applications. Sure, they are the proverbial cherry on
the cake but be careful you do not reduce these activities to a mere add-on.
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9. Societal impact is achieved by an active (sometimes even proactive) negotiation with
stakeholders outside academia, looking for productive interactions. It means investing in
storytelling and developing a communication strategy that runs throughout your
research. It means trying a lot and learning to get your timing right.
Forget this misconstrued idea of academia as an Ivory Tower but take your place in the
Agora or marketplace that is society.
Make sure you invest in a strong and diverse network.
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10. Besides, there is a whole smorgasbord of possibilities to unleash your creativity, fit for
your kind of research. To name but a few:
participatory research such as living labs, surveys and citizen science
Push the boundaries of science communication: lectures, training, blogs, tweets,
documentaries, infographics, podcasts, videos, apps
editing Wikipedia, writing columns, co-creating, changing legislation and creating
models
collaborating with schools and museums, organizing internships, advising policy and
offering your expert opinion.
And many many more…
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11. Now what we propose with Ghent University’s plan is trying to take all this context into
account. What we propose is not a big bang but a well-considered array of actions. Let
us lower the threshold to impact by offering concrete tools and support, putting good
practices in the spotlight, and spreading impact literacy. Let us share the responsibility
and start changing the system one small revolution at a time - all the while respecting
the complexity of the pathways to impact, allowing space for the creativity and
individuality of our researchers.
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12. A direct consequence of this is our refusal to take this glorious wealth captive by
indicators and checklists, by suggesting a purely quantitative approach – something that
has spread like a plague (albeit often of good intentions) through the Flemish HE and
R&D landscape.
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13. But we are not there yet. We still have to conquer some big hurdles.
Besides this worrying urge to reduce everything to spread sheets and boxes to be ticked
– it even seems like we have lost the ability to truly evaluate people and their
accomplishments
the biggest challenge is the lack of appreciation and real incentives. When will outreach
and science communication be found to be an equal partner to research and economic
impact without expecting our researchers to be superhuman, excelling in all aspects of
the academic mission. When will the focus on the individual shift to the team where
people’s talents are put to better use?
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