Creativity, risk and the research impact agenda in the United Kingdom

Michael Power

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Abstract: This article describes the recent requirement for UK universities to account for the social and economic impact of their research, and asks whether this impact agenda may change the conduct of research itself. Three critical issues are highlighted: the epistemology of impact; the problem of quantifying qualities; and the likelihood of impact growing in significance and changing the landscape of research – so-called ‘impact creep’. Overall, the article identifies some features of the research impact agenda that pose risks to creativity and risk-taking by academics.

JEL-codes: M40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-01-11
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Published in European Review, 11, January, 2018, 26(S1), pp. S25-S34. ISSN: 1062-7987

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