Autor según el artículo: Aiello, Emilia; Donovan, Claire; Duque, Elena; Fabrizio, Serena; Flecha, Ramon; Holm, Poul; Molina, Silvia; Oliver, Esther; Reale, Emanuela;

Departamento: Pedagogia

Autor/es de la URV: Molina Roldan, Silvia

Palabras clave: Strategies Ssh research Social impact of research Research evaluation Quality Productive interactions Payback Knowledge Assessing policy

Resumen: Background: We are witnessing increasing demand from governments and society for all sciences to have relevant social impact and to show the returns they provide to society. Aims and objectives: This paper reports strategies that promote social impact by Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research projects. Methods: An in-depth analysis of six Social Sciences and Humanities research projects that achieved social impact was carried out to identify those strategies. For each case study, project documents were analysed and qualitative fieldwork was conducted with diverse agents, including researchers, stakeholders and end-users, with a communicative orientation. Findings: The strategies that were identified as contributing to achieving social impact include a clear focus of the project on social impact and the definition of an active strategy for achieving it; a meaningful involvement of stakeholders and end-users throughout the project lifespan, including local organisations, underprivileged end-users, and policy makers who not only are recipients of knowledge generated by the research projects but participate in the co-creation of knowledge; coordination between projects' and stakeholders' activities; and dissemination activities that show useful evidence and are oriented toward creating space for public deliberation with a diverse public. Discussion and conclusions: The strategies identified can enhance the social impact of Social Sciences and Humanities research. Furthermore, gathering related data, such as collaboration with stakeholders, use of projects' findings and the effects of their implementation, could allow researchers to track the social impact of the projects and enhance the evaluation of research impact.

Áreas temáticas: Social sciences, interdisciplinary Social sciences (miscellaneous) Political sciences and international relations Physiology Orthopedics and sports medicine Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Ciencias sociales Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Direcció de correo del autor: silvia.molina@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-9736-0381

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-03-06

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/2021/00000017/00000001/art00008#

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Evidence & Policy. 17 (1): 131-146

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Aiello, Emilia; Donovan, Claire; Duque, Elena; Fabrizio, Serena; Flecha, Ramon; Holm, Poul; Molina, Silvia; Oliver, Esther; Reale, Emanuela; (2021). Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research. Evidence & Policy, 17(1), 131-146. DOI: 10.1332/174426420X15834126054137

DOI del artículo: 10.1332/174426420X15834126054137

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2021

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications