Often those most impacted by climate change are those least able to engage with climate discourse. Universities have a responsibility to engage with these communities.
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Environmental, social and governance investment funds claim to help save the planet and better society, but the reality is more complex.
NASA has only mapped 40% of the potentially dangerous asteroids that could crash into Earth. New projects will boost that number, and upcoming missions will test tech that could prevent collisions.
The UN missions deployed around the world to manage conflict and protect civilians need to be assessed in a manner that accurately reflects their successes and failures.
‘The Life of Washington’ was painted in the 1930s by an artist who sought to upend a rosy narrative of US history. Now some are saying its images ‘traumatize’ viewers – and ought to be taken down.
Academics can control the way they engage with people, and communicate – and these are skills that get better with practice.
Ensuring knowledge creates impact involves disciplinary excellence, communication, co-location and funding.
But are UK universities running the risk of institutionalising public engagement?
Community organisations are trying to measure their impact but lack the funding and data availability to do it properly, new research finds.
The diversity of research impact makes it tricky to measure in numbers.
UNESCO has declared 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography. But why? Quite simply because the science of crystallography has revolutionised how we live – and yet few people know about it. Crystallography…
Academics from a dozen universities will be required to explain to industry experts the economic and social value of hundreds of research projects from the past 20 years, under guidelines for a trial designed…
The election of the Rudd Government in 2007 killed the momentum that had been building in the last few years of the Howard government for research valuation to move beyond metrics-based methods (such as…
Visiting British expert David Sweeney could have star appeal for academics frustrated by the bureaucratic inflexibility of Australia’s research auditing system and metrics-based assessments blind to the…
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Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Hull
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation, University of South Australia
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Director, Centre for Social Impact, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in sociology, Cardiff University
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Reader in Education, University of Bath
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Vice President/Vice Principal (Service), King's College London
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Data and Policy Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Finance, London Business School
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Professor in Global Security, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College
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Graduate Research Assistant, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
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Senior Director, UBC Sustainability Hub, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of History, Carleton College
