Prof Mark Reed

Improving your REF

impact submission

How do research impacts happen?

How do research impacts happen?

How do research impacts happen?

The missing link: people

need to learn about your

findings

Public

Stakeholder

Engagement

Learning and knowledge exchange are at the heart of every impact

3 metaphors to underpin

genuine impactan act, a word and a picture

Based on empirical findings:

Analysis of interviews with 32 researchers and stakeholders across 13 environmental management projects

Social network analysis & interviews tracing how >70 research findings were communicated via social networks and put into policy/practice

Analysis of 53 interviews & questionnaires with land degradation projects across 13 countries

Meta-analysis work by Jens Newig et al.

Latest research evidence from literature

Empathy

3 lessons for REF impact

case studies

1 Represent

Systematically represent & embed beneficiaries,

disadvantaged, and those who can facilitate and

block research and impact from the outset

2 Plan for impact with evidence

Plan for impact, identifying indicators to monitor

progress, inform practice and provide evidence

from the outset

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3 Narrative is as important as

evidence

Differentiate between impacts and pathways to

impact, evidence everything, structure & polish

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