Impact arising from engaging the public with research

Paul MannersDirector, NCCPE

www.publicengagement.ac.ukFunded by the UK Funding Councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust

Purpose for engaging the public Exemplar activitiesINFORMING: Inspiring, informing and educating

• presentations and lectures• festival appearances

• media work• exhibitions

• writing for non-specialists

CONSULTING: Actively listening to the public’s views, insights and concerns

• public meetings and discussion events

• panels and user groups• deliberation and 'upstream'

engagement

COLLABORATING: Working in partnership with the public to solve problems together, drawing on each other’s expertise

• collaborative research projects

• ‘citizen science’• helpdesks

Purpose for engaging the public Exemplar activitiesINFORMING: Inspiring, informing and educating

• presentations and lectures• festival appearances

• media work• exhibitions

• writing for non-specialists

CONSULTING: Actively listening to the public’s views, insights and concerns

• public meetings and discussion events

• panels and user groups• deliberation and 'upstream'

engagement

COLLABORATING: Working in partnership with the public to solve problems together, drawing on each other’s expertise

• collaborative research projects

• ‘citizen science’• helpdesks

Purpose for engaging the public Exemplar activitiesINFORMING: Inspiring, informing and educating

• presentations and lectures• festival appearances

• media work• exhibitions

• writing for non-specialists

CONSULTING: Actively listening to the public’s views, insights and concerns

• public meetings and discussion events

• panels and user groups• deliberation and 'upstream'

engagement

COLLABORATING: Working in partnership with the public to solve problems together, drawing on each other’s expertise

• collaborative research projects

• ‘citizen science’• helpdesks

‘The research outputs feeding into these measures include detailed knowledge of bumblebee foraging and nesting needs, understanding of their distributions, population density and dispersal abilities, and knowledge on the scale at which habitat manipulations are required to influence bumblebee population size’.

The underpinning research

Community organisations and societies

Voluntary organisations and charities

Non Governmenta

l Organisations

Social enterprises

Cultural and leisure

services

Local / regional / national

govt

Schools, colleges and

lifelong learning

Quangos and govt agencies

Local authorities /

strategic bodies

Health and well being agencies

Mapping engagement

Policy community

Public sector

Community and 3rd sector

International community Business

community

Businesses and industry

RESEARCHER

The publicThe media

Communities of place

Communities of interest

Assessing significance• Evaluation data• User feedback / testimony • Reviews and commentary• Third party impact or involvement• Evidence of sustainability• Significance of the research content

Assessing reach• How many people were involved?• How diverse or varied were the audiences reached?• Was there a secondary reach achieved from media coverage?• Is there evidence of sales / downloads / access to web content?

Assessing significance• Evaluation data• User feedback / testimony • Reviews and commentary• Third party impact or involvement• Evidence of sustainability• Significance of the research content

Assessing reach• How many people were involved?• How diverse or varied were the audiences reached?• Was there a secondary reach achieved from media coverage?• Is there evidence of sales / downloads / access to web content?

Assessing significance• Significance of the research content•Evaluation data• User feedback / testimony • Reviews and commentary• Third party impact or involvement• Evidence of sustainability

Assessing reach• How many people were involved?• How diverse or varied were the audiences reached?• Was there a secondary reach achieved from media coverage?• Is there evidence of sales / downloads / access to web content?

Who was the target audience for the engagement activities?

Why was the public engaged with the research?

With what impact?

When was it undertaken and was is sustained?

How was it done?

The narrative