Questioning the assessment of research impact : illusions, myths and marginal sectors /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Series: | Palgrave critical university studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: Markets, Competition and Research Impact at the Margins; Abstract; Introduction; Influencing Others as a Research Policy Goal; Competition, Conformity and the Neoliberal University; Working at the Margins; The Argument Presented in This Book; References; Chapter 2 Knowledge Flows and Innovation in Marginal Sectors: Do Universities Matter?; Abstract; Introduction; Defining and Theorising Innovation in Tourism; Knowledge and Innovation: Absorptive Capacity
- Personal Networks, Knowledge Flows and Practitioner LearningIdeas, Evidence and Policy Formation (or Fads and Fashions in Public Policy); Concluding Comment: The Invisibility of Universities in Explanations of Commercial or Policy Innovation; References; Chapter 3 Professional Associations as Conduits of Knowledge: Ethnographic Reflections; Abstract; Introduction; The Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT); The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO); Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 The Impact of Academics on Policy and Practice; Abstract; Introduction
- A Comment on Mediators and Mechanisms for Knowledge ExchangeA Note on What Is Written About (and How); The Academics' Digital Footprint; Modelling Academic Impact in Marginal Fields; What Do the REF Case Studies Teach Us?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Reacting to the Impact Agenda: Performativity and a 'New Collegiality'; Abstract; Introduction; Perspectives on Impact; Performativity but Little that Was Anti-, Progressive or Critical; Careerism and a 'New' Collegiality; Research Quality, Teaching and Impact; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Conclusion: A Return to Education; Abstract