Building ‘Impact’ into the job description of researchers and research managers without losing it.
Impact, or the effects of research in the ‘real world’, is taking a major role throughout all aspects of the research process, from project design through to career and institution assessment. In an environment where researchers and research managers are already pressurised, impact presents an opportunity, but also a challenge.
As the CERCA Research Impact Impact Assessment 2024 is coming to an end, in this round table we will discuss with four international experts how to best integrate impact into our daily practices without getting hurt –and you are very welcome to share your experience and have your say!
Program
November 14th
From 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm
PRBB – Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
Doctor Aiguader, 88
08003 Barcelona
This event will be in English
3.30 pm
Opening and welcome
Toni Bassaganyas, Head of the CERCA Impact Strategy
3.40 pm
Round table: The impact of Impact
David Phipps, Research Impact Canada / York University (Toronto)
Esther de Smet, Ghent University (Belgium)
David Budtz-Pedersen, Aalborg University / Humanomics Research Centre in Copenhaguen (Denmark)
Paula Adam, Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS)
Discussion / Q&A
5.30 pm
Closing
Speakers:
Director of Research Impact Canada and VP for Research Strategy & Impacte at York University (Toronto)
David Phipps, Ph.D. is the administrative lead for all research programs and their impacts on local and global communities at York University (Toronto, Canada).
He has received honours and awards from the Canadian Association of Research Administrators, Institute for Knowledge Mobilization, International Network of Research Management Societies and the EU based Knowledge Economy Network. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work in knowledge mobilization and was named the most influential knowledge mobilizer in Canada.
He sits on knowledge mobilization committees around the world and is Network Director for Research Impact Canada.
Senior Research Policy Advisor at Ghent University (Belgium)
With an academic background in Classical Studies, English Literature and Media and Communication Studies, and previous experience in educational policy and knowledge management, Esther De Smet has been a senior policy advisor at Ghent University since 2010.
Her work focusses around three closely linked areas: societal impact of research (developing the institutional strategy, fostering impact literacy, and coordinating several initiatives such as the network of impact officers and the societal value creation fund), information management, and research communication. She is a member of numerous (inter)national impact-related networks and advisory committees, and a prolific speaker and trainer.
Professor of Science Communication and Impact Studies at Aalborg University and Director of the Humanomics Research Centre in Copenhaguen (Denmark)
David Budtz Pedersen is Professor of Science Communication and Impact Studies at Aalborg University, and Director of the Humanomics Research Centre in Copenhagen. His research is focused on the impact, communication and governance of science and technology. He holds PhD, MA and BA degrees in philosophy of science and science policy studies from University of Copenhagen, and visiting scholarships at University of Vienna and New York University. He frequently acts as speaker and adviser to international governments and funding agencies.
Professor Budtz-Pedersen is the recipient of grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research, The Velux Foundation, The European Commission, The Obel Family Foundation, Carlsberg Foundation and Nordic Council of Ministers. For almost two decades he has worked as a science policy adviser. He entered the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science in 2005, working in science policy until 2012. More recently, David was appointed member of the Danish Government Expert Group on Rewards and Metrics in Research. In 2019 he became Chair of the EU COST CCA Expert Group on Science Communication. He is the lead author of several reports for the European Commission and is an active member of the International Network of Governmental Science Advice (INGSA).
Director of the Research Lab at the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Paula Adam is engaged in the design and implementation of research impact assessment exercises with the aim to promote better societal impact. She co-authored the 'ISRIA statement: Ten-point guidelines for an effective process of research impact assessment' and a number of publications on research impact. Impact has been the centre of her interests, and more recently she has broadened the interests for gender inequalities in science, public and patient engagement in research and mission-oriented policies. She is member of the CERCA Research Impact Assessment Advisory Board.
