Impact beyond dissemination

David Phipps, York University

@researchimpact

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University of Victoria

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academic dissemination

impact = bibliometrics

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impact = reach (analytics, downloads, views)

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impact = change (narratives)

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Knowledge Mobilization

community

campus

campus

community

Impact HOW WHAT

Knowledge mobilization helps make

research useful to society by

supporting engaged scholarship from

inception to impact

knowledge mobilization impact

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Activity Output Outcome

Impact

Dissemination Uptake Implementation Research

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Activity Output Outcome

Impact

Dissemination Uptake Implementation Research

dissemination

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dissemination

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Bowen, S.J. and Graham, I.D. (2013) From Knowledge

Translation to Engaged Scholarship: Promoting Research

Relevance and Utilization. Archives of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation 94(1 Suppl 1):S3-8.

“Research goes unused not because of a simple failure in

dissemination, but because researchers fail to address the

most important problems facing clinicians, managers, and

decision-makers.”

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Activity Output Outcome

Impact

Dissemination Uptake Implementation Research

engagement

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What KMb methods/activities will you use?

• Broker / KMb Specialist

• Research Summaries

• Website / IT

• Multi stakeholder collaboration

• Mass Media Campaign

• Financial Intervention/Incentive

• Performance Feedback

• Academic Publication

• Capacity Building / Training

• Workshop

• Stakeholder engagement

• Conference

• Social Media Tools

supporting engaged scholarship

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co –produced pathway to impact

Phipps, D.J., Cummings, J. Pepler, D., Craig, W. and Cardinal, S. (2016)

The Co-Produced Pathway to Impact describes Knowledge Mobilization

Processes. J. Community Engagement and Scholarship, 9(1): 31-40.

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engaged dissemination

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http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

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engaged scholarship/co-production

Challenges

• Structural

budget deficit

• Revolving door

Impacts

• Social work students get

better training experience

• YES gets better trained

employees

• Clients reduce length of stay

• Generate revenue stream

• MTCU funding $60K

• 4 publications, PhD prize

book in progress

Social enterprise

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• Impact a mandatory element in REF 2014

• Impact is a mandatory element in all grant applications in most

countries

Therefore, what is the role of scholarly publishing and publishers in

the research impact agenda?