Glossary

Impact

Published June 21 2024 | Revised June 19 2024

Impact

‘The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to society and the economy’. This can involve academic impact, economic and societal impact or both:

Academic impact is the demonstrable contribution that excellent social and economic research makes in shifting understanding and advancing scientific method, theory and application across and within disciplines Economic and societal impact is the demonstrable contribution that excellent social and economic research makes to society and the economy, and its benefits to individuals, organisations and/or nations (Economic and Social Research Council, n.d.).

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