Societal Impact as ‘Rituals of Verification’ and The Co-Production of Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Crawford (0000-0001-5792-5977, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 493-518 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azz076 |
| OpenAlex | W2990551773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 41 |
Thinking about and operationalizing societal impacts have become defining characteristics of university-based research, especially in the United Kingdom. This paper reflects on this unfolding shift in the conceptualization and practice of research with particular regard to criminology. It traces the development of new regulatory regimes that seek to measure research performance and render impact auditable. It argues that these ‘rituals of verification’ engender instrumental and narrow interpretations of impact that accord less space to research-informed social change as a non-linear and uncertain endeavour. This is juxtaposed with a conception of societal impact rooted in methodologies of co-production. Insights from the UK Research Excellence Framework 2014 and 2021 inform discussions and are contrasted with collaborative research efforts to apply co-production in policing research
Conceptualization · Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Excellence · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Operationalization · Political science · Production (economics) · Societal impact of nanotechnology · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Cultivating ‘communities of practice’ to tackle civic policy challenges
Being a ‘good woman’
David Hayes, Confronting Penal Excess
Practicing co-produced research
Understanding the status of evidence in policing research
Independence and impact
Parallels in Practice
A wider research culture in peril
The Impact of Impact
Becoming an Impact-Driven University
Police et université
Probation, Technical Compliance and the ‘Drowning’ of Hope
The British Regulatory State
On the Cultivation of Quality, Efficiency and Enterprise
Achieving Research Impact Through Co‐creation in Community‐Based Health Services
‘Impact’ in the proposals for the UK's Research Excellence Framework
Bibliometrics
Ending the ‘dialogue of the deaf’
Rank Hypocrises
The Evaluators’ Eye
Crime and Politics
States of Knowledge
For Public Sociology
Leaving a 'Stain upon the Silence'
Impacted geographers
The political economy of politics and international studies impact
Creativity, Risk and the Research Impact Agenda in the United Kingdom
How Co-Production Regulates
The Evaluation Scale
Selling ‘impact’
What’s Measured Is What Matters
Troubling recognitions in British responses to modern slavery
Putting Coercive Control into Practice
Can Criminologists Change the World? Critical Reflections on the Politics, Performance and Effects of Criminal Justice
Geographies of impact
Introduction
Impact”, research and slaying Zombies
Viewpoint — The Impact of ‘Impact’ on UK Social Science
Knowledge for What
Evaluating the Audit Explosion
Speaking Softly Without Big Sticks
Crime and Politics
Sociology's misfortune
Unpicking sociology's misfortunes
This is Not a Boundary Object
Evaluating 'impact' in the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Law and Social Change
Whose Side Are We On
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |