Viewpoint — The Impact of ‘Impact’ on UK Social Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7102968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Holmwood (0000-0002-3440-3524, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-17 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Methodological Innovations Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-0612 • E-ISSN: 1748-0612 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.4256/mio.2010.0025 |
| OpenAlex | W2344917563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 5 |
Government funding of research in the UK takes place in three ways. First, direct funding by contracted research commissioned by Government departments (and by local authorities). Second, funding via the QR block grant distributed through the Research Assessment Exercise (now called the REF). Third, funding via the seven research councils and their umbrella organisation, Research Councils UK (RCUK). Each of these streams of funding has been severely affected by the Government‟s concern to reduce the deficit generated by the global financial crisis. At the same time, the Government (indirectly via Treasury strictures and, more directly via the ministry responsible for higher education, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) is keen to ensure „value for money‟ for what it funds. 1
Block grant · Business · Christian ministry · Economic growth · Economics · Financial crisis · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Research Assessment Exercise · Treasury · Value (mathematics · Value for money · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Data Analysis and Archiving · Public Administration · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Finance
Translating research findings into educational policy and practice
Hegemony and Counterhegemony
Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
Hegemony and Sociology
The Research Excellence Framework and the 'impact agenda'
Responsibility and the hidden politics of directionality
The perils of ‘impact’ for academic social science
I see a totally different picture now’
For a Sociological Reconstruction
From social rights to the market
Just Knowledge’
The Politics of Knowledge
Societal Impact as ‘Rituals of Verification’ and The Co-Production of Knowledge
Race Ends Where? Race, Racism and Contemporary Sociology
The trials and tribulations of research evaluation
The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it)
Impact”, research and slaying Zombies
The road from 'vocation
The Academic as Public Intellectual
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |