Impact, Outcomes and Sustainability Adrian Ely T2S Programme Meeting, Fukuoka, 23 September 2018
10 minutes on… • Framing ‘impact’ • Drivers of the impact agenda • Impact ‘Methods’ • Challenges and Questions Ely, A. and Oxley, N. (2014) STEPS Centre Research: Our Approach to Impact, STEPS Working Paper 60, Brighton: STEPS Centre
Framing ‘impact’ • The metaphor and idea of impact • A wide range of official definitions, underpinned by procedures and structures
Drivers of the impact agenda • Political justification and accountability • ‘Value for money’ and resource allocation • Understanding transformative change • Institutional learning and reflection
Impact methods and approaches Ex ante and ex post • Experimental approaches • Bibliometrics • Theory of change • Network mapping • Participatory methods
PIPA and how we use it Douthwaite, B. et al. (2007). "Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: A Practical Application of Program Theory in Research-for-Development." Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation 22 (2): 127-159. http://pipamethodology.pbworks.com
Challenges • Time-frames • Linguistic/ cultural/ socio-political differences • Proportionality • Accountability with learning
Invited contributions -Leah Temper (ACKnowl-EJ) -Heila Lotz-Sisitka (T-learning) -Seema Kulkarni (T2SGS) -Samuel Codjoe (MISTY) -Joao Porto de Albuquerque (Waterproofing Data) -Sarah Moore (International Science Council) -Erica Key (Belmont Forum)
Questions -What do we (research funders, managers and teams and individual researchers) aim to achieve and leave behind? -Why think about this from the start of a project? -What really matters in short projects on long-term transformation? -How do we capture that in our monitoring and evaluation frameworks? -How does it change from beginning to end of the process? -What responsibilities do we have for the ending or continuity of what we start?
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