Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher

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Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher presents a critical and analytical exploration of the concept of research impact through personal reflections and research essays. It examines how research impact has become central to national and international research policies, and its influence on the careers and practices of early career researchers. The book discusses capacity-building, career progression challenges, and offers advice on balancing various expectations related to funding and impact.
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This book is ideal for new and early career researchers seeking to understand and navigate the complexities of research impact within academic careers, as well as educators and policymakers interested in the evolving role of impact in research practices.

By documenting experiences and perspectives on the emerging concept of research impact, this book provides an insight into how increasing attention on impact is influencing, shaping, and changing the research practice of early career researchers.

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Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher documents experiences and perspectives on the emerging concept of research impact from a range of disciplines and places them within an analytical and critical discursive framework. Combining personal reflections with research essays, it provides the reader with a multi-dimensional perspective on research impact and how it connects to the research lives and practice of early career researchers.

Research impact is playing an ever-increasing role in international research policy and government strategy. This book:

Explores the arrival of impact into the national research consciousness.
Discusses how to build capacity and skills within research impact and how this might impact academic career progression in an international job market.
Offers advice on balancing national expectations with institutional expectations on research in terms of funding and career progression.
Offers suggested ways forward whilst actively challenging what constitutes research impact.

Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher provides a much-needed research base for studies of research impact and the extent to which it has altered, changed, and influenced the research practice of early career academics. It is an essential guide for any new and early career researchers wishing to navigate the complex landscape in order to meaningfully contribute to the impact agenda.

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ISBN: 9781138562042

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 June 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 4 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Kieran Fenby-Hulse
Edited by Emma Heywood
Edited by Kate Walker

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 238

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About the Author

Kieran Fenby-Hulse is an Assistant Professor in Research Capability and Development at Coventry University, UK.

Emma Heywood is a Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Politics and Communication at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Kate Walker is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science at Coventry University, UK.