Demands on publicly funded scientific research to yield academic and societal impact have
been commonplace for some time. Research communities, university administrators, and …

Impact is increasingly important for science policy-makers. Science policy studies have
reacted this heightened urgency by studying these policy-interventions meaning that policy …

Higher education (HE) is usually seen as serving the public good, especially when funded
directly by the state, and because of potential social effects such as a reduction in inequality …

This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI)
policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation …

The introduction of 'impact'as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the
construction of research evaluation systems. While various protocols of impact evaluation …

Science has always operated in a competitive environment, but the globalisation of
knowledge and the rising popularity and use of global rankings have elevated this …

Over the last decade, the idea of societal impact resulting from publicly funded research has
changed from being a relatively fringe concern related to high-technology entrepreneurship …

In this article, we present a conceptual framework for studying research impact focusing on
the foundations that need to be in place to accelerate an observable change of policy …

In the 2000s, many European Union countries have established research impact
assessment practices as part of the scrutiny of the third mission of universities. The Finnish …

This paper presents a framework to understand the impact of scientific knowledge on the
policy-making process, focusing on the conceptual impact. We note the continuing …