Organizing societal impact:toward reserach-context specific strategies - Stefan de Jong
| Dates: | 28 April 2014 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Alliance Manchester Business School |
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| How much: | n/a |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Stefan de Jong |
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Academic research and societal impact are increasingly mentioned in the same breath. Regularly as an opportunity, but even more often as a challenge. With my doctoral thesis I aim to contribute to the improvement of societal impact practices. In this presentation I will first briefly discuss the relevant Dutch science policy context. Then I will introduce the studies that are underlying to my thesis. I have studied societal impact in different fields: social sciences, humanities, computer sciences, engineering sciences, climate science, physics and chemistry. The core of the presentation are the findings from these studies. They suggest 1) societal impact should not be thought of as a one dimensional; different aims demand different strategies, 2) societal impact can best be evaluated in terms of contributions to achieving these aims and 3) there is a misalignment between formal and informal institutions concerning societal impact. I will conclude with exploring implications for science policy.
Speaker
Stefan de Jong
Role: Researcher
Organisation: Science System Assessment at the Rathenau Instituut
Travel and Contact Information
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10.05
Harold Hankins building
Oxford Road
Manchester
