Evidencing Impact from Art Research: Analysis of Impact Case Studies from the REF 2014

Brook, Lesley

doi:10.1080/10632921.2017.1386148

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“…Other common types of evidence were implementing policy or influencing policymakers, industry or other activities (60%), media coverage (52%), the number of events in a festival or other relevant cultural program (52%) and benefit to artists, curators, and cultural institutions (51%). The study argued that it is particularly challenging to provide evidence for artistic impacts in the REF because it requires looking at the opinions or behaviours of wide range of audiences (Brook, 2018). (Jordan & Carrigan, 2018).…”

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“…Most previous studies of REF case studies have used text mining (e.g., King's College London and Digital Science, 2015;Parks et al, 2018) or content analysis (e.g., Wilkinson, 2019;Brook, 2018) to identify the types of impacts claimed by researchers, rather than the types of evidence cited. In contrast, one (not peer reviewed) study has listed the 40 websites most cited in impact case studies, broken down into four broad disciplinary groups (Digital Science, 2016) but did not analyse the cited URLs further.…”

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Which types of online evidence show the nonacademic benefits of research? Websites cited in UK impact case studies

Kousha

Thelwall

Abdoli

2021

Quantitative Science Studies

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Whilst funders increasingly request evidence of the societal benefits of research, all academics in the UK must periodically provide this information to gain part of their block funding within the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The impact case studies produced in the UK are public and can therefore be used to gain insights into the types of sources used to justify societal impact claims. This study focuses on the URLs cited as evidence in the last public REF to help researchers and resource providers to understand what types can be used and the disciplinary differences in their uptake. Based on a new semi-automatic method to classify the URLs cited in impact case studies, the results show that there are a few key online types of source for most broad fields, but these sources differ substantially between subject areas. For example, news websites are more important in some fields than others, and YouTube is sometimes used for multimedia evidence in the arts and humanities. Knowledge of the common sources selected independently by thousands of researchers may help others to identify suitable sources for the complex task of evidencing societal impacts. Peer Review https://publons.com/publon/10.1162/qss_a_00145

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Which types of online evidence show the nonacademic benefits of research? Websites cited in UK impact case studies

Kousha

Thelwall

Abdoli

2021

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“…For example, Pop and Borza (2016) proposes 33 indicators that could be used for museum sustainability measurement. However, these indicators are direct outputs and do not provide information about the impact on the longer-term effects on the beneficiaries' life (Brook 2018). Examples are the number of visitors, the proportion of objects which are conserved perfectly or the number of mentions of the museum in Google.…”

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Building Legitimacy and Learning Lessons: A Framework for Cultural Organizations to Manage and Measure the Social Impact of Their Activities

Vermeulen

Maas

2021

The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society

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Cultural participation is associated with many benefits. Therefore, it is seen as an instrument to achieve social change and development. However, clear empirical proof for these claims is limited. There is a need for new frameworks and clear evaluation methods. This paper presents a conceptual framework that enables cultural organizations to understand the purposes of impact measurement. It also shows the steps cultural organizations can take to measure and manage their social impact. Consequently, it enables them to measure the impact on their beneficiaries while the lessons learned can help them to improve and manage their performance.

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“…The debate on the impact of scientific research on society is at the center of attention nowadays, recurrently addressed based on the economic, social, governmental, organizational, technological, cultural, and educational dimensions. The cultural dimension of research impact is confined to stimulating and enriching cultural production and preserving the cultural heritage of nations (Bornmann, 2012;Brook, 2018), thus urging for a deeper understanding of such impact on society cultural and, particularly, symbolic dimensions. Given that symbolism is a key concept in helping us understand ourselves as a society (Bourdieu, 1989;Cassirer, 2001Cassirer, , 2004Cassirer, , 2011Cohen, 1985;Eliade, 1980;Goldschmidt, 1990;Hamlin & Krois, 2004;Jung, 1968;Scheffler, 1997), how come we fail in thinking and considering the impact of research in its entirety upon the symbolic realm?…”

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Symbolic Impact of Research

Oliveira

Davel

2021

Organ. Soc.

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Most understandings obtained from the numerous debates about the impact of scientific research on society are concentrated on the economic, social, cultural and technological dimensions, thus urging for a deeper understanding of the impact on its cultural and, particularly, symbolic dimensions. Every research result bears a symbolic weight that will impact organizations and society. Thus, researchers must reflect on how to produce results while aware and sensitive of the symbolic impact they may cause. Symbolic impacts are decisive for understanding the subtle, deep and structuring value that research results have in developing and transforming society and organizations.

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Evidencing Impact from Art Research: Analysis of Impact Case Studies from the REF 2014

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Which types of online evidence show the nonacademic benefits of research? Websites cited in UK impact case studies

Which types of online evidence show the nonacademic benefits of research? Websites cited in UK impact case studies

Building Legitimacy and Learning Lessons: A Framework for Cultural Organizations to Manage and Measure the Social Impact of Their Activities

Symbolic Impact of Research

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