 It's getting critical! Can generating impact allow a more radical approach?Louise Ashley Chapter 19 in How to Scale Engagement and Impact in Universities, 2025, pp 212-219 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: The engagement and impact agenda in UK higher education requires academics and researchers to demonstrate value beyond the university, especially to show how insights they deliver contribute to ‘real-world’ change. This typically involves presenting findings in an accessible format and suggesting actionable recommendations for practitioners and policy-makers. What happens, though, when practitioners are reluctant to listen or when the message is one they would prefer not to hear? This is especially likely when it comes to more critical or ‘radical’ research. Drawing from research on efforts amongst ‘elite’ occupations and organisations to open access on the basis of socio-economic background (SEB), this chapter considers the pitfalls and potential of radical research when it comes to generating impact, and how the impact agenda has implications for the conduct of radical research. It underlines that while impact can accommodate a more radical approach, this may require the provision of specific forms of institutional support, including to support researchers with associated personal consequences and emotional costs. Keywords: Critical management research; Diversity and inclusion; Evaluation; Impact; Social mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23495_19 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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