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Globally, researchers are being asked to plan for and demonstrate the impact that their research has on culture, society, health, and the economy. Higher education is changing, moving away from rewarding academics primarily for peer-reviewed academic publications and asking academics to report on how their work contributes to society more broadly.
For many academics, impact poses a worrisome proposition. Impact has not generally been integrated into PhD training and many universities have been slow to respond to the emerging impact agenda, leaving a knowledge, training, and support gap. The Impactful Academic offers a holistic, all-of-career approach to impact aimed at active researchers and those who support research impact. It ruminates on the question of what an academic with impact looked like in the past, and what it will look like going forward as concepts around impact are solidified by government and granting agencies. The authors come from various backgrounds including engaged scholars who are generating impact, and impact professionals who have been critical to supporting academics across disciplines on their impact journeys. The reader will emerge with more than an impact plan for a single research project or grant, but rather a holistic, career-centric approach to impact.
The Impactful Academic is a must read for the academic community. It effortlessly demystifies impact, bringing together a range of expert voices whose collective experience covers everything from planning pathways through to demonstrating effects. The book is full of actionable advice from those working within the research sector, reflecting the realities of ‘doing impact’ in a range of settings and within differing national agendas. The Impactful Academic will steer any reader in the right direction as they embark on impact for the first time or are looking to strengthen their existing practice.
— Dr Julie Bayley, Director of Research Impact Development & the Lincoln Impact Literacy Institute, University of Lincoln, UK
Wade Kelly is Director, Research Excellence and Impact at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Wade’s work is at the nexus of engagement and impact, providing high-level strategic advice to university leadership. He works with faculties and research institutes to embed impact into the culture of the university through policy, assessment, development, and communications. He is a sought-after speaker and commentator on impact in higher education.
Preface; Andrew Hill
Chapter 1. Impact primer: The what, why, and how of impact; Wade Kelly
Chapter 2. Identifying and leveraging collegial and institutional supports for impact; Rebekah Willson
Chapter 3. Strategic digital engagement for impact: Building your academic presence online; Erika Smith and Richard Hayman
Chapter 4. Writing impact for grants — Pack your bags. We are going on an impact journey!; Lucy Jowett and Alisha Peart
Chapter 5. Towards impact: Best Practices in community and stakeholder engagement; Caroline Osborne
Chapter 6. Knowledge Mobilization: Creating a path to impact; Lauren Albrecht and Catherine M. Scott
Chapter 7. Demonstrating impact: Considerations for collecting and communicating the evidence of impact; David Phipps, Anneliese Poetz, and Michael Johnny
Chapter 8. The long view: Building an impact plan on your terms; Faith Welch
Chapter 9. Towards the Impactful Academic: The Impactful Researcher’s Settings for Success; Wade Kelly