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The interconnections of academic research and universities’ “third mission”: Evidence from the UK. RESEARCH POLICY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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de Jong SPL, Muhonen R. Who benefits from ex ante societal impact evaluation in the European funding arena? A cross-country comparison of societal impact capacity in the social sciences and humanities. RESEARCH EVALUATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvy036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Increasingly, research funders include societal impact as a criterion in evaluation procedures. The European Commission is no exception to this trend. Societal impact determines one-third of a project’s success in receiving funding from the Societal Challenges in Horizon 2020 (H2020). Yet, there are large differences in terms of science and technology performance between countries that participate in the programme. In this article, we (1) compare societal impact practices in the social sciences and humanities in high-performing countries (HPCs) and low-performing countries (LPCs) to the evaluation of societal impact in funding procedures at the European level and (2) reflect upon consequences for the competition for research funding in the European funding arena. To this end, we introduce the concept of ‘societal impact capacity’ as well as a framework to analyse it. The analysis of 60 case studies from 16 countries across Europe shows that (1) researchers from HPCs have a higher impact capacity than those from LPCs and (2) researchers from HPCs report more details about impact than those from LPCs. This suggests that researchers from HPCs are better equipped to score well on the impact criterion when applying for funding than researchers from LPCs. We conclude with policy recommendations for the organization and evaluation of societal impact.
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- Stefan P L de Jong
- Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Research Center for Knowledge, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Marzocchi C, Kitagawa F, Sánchez-Barrioluengo M. Evolving missions and university entrepreneurship: academic spin-offs and graduate start-ups in the entrepreneurial society. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10961-017-9619-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Borge L, Bröring S. Exploring effectiveness of technology transfer in interdisciplinary settings: The case of the bioeconomy. CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/caim.12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Laura Borge
- Institute for Food and Resource Economics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Germany
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- Institute for Food and Resource Economics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Germany
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The UBC ecosystem: putting together a comprehensive framework for university-business cooperation. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10961-017-9562-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Delivering on societal impacts through open innovation: a framework for government laboratories. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rosli A, Rossi F. Third-mission policy goals and incentives from performance-based funding: Are they aligned? RESEARCH EVALUATION 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvw012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Nurture over nature: How do European universities support their collaboration with business? JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10961-015-9451-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lebeau Y, Cochrane A. Rethinking the ‘third mission’: UK universities and regional engagement in challenging times. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2015.1044545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bozeman B, Rimes H, Youtie J. The evolving state-of-the-art in technology transfer research: Revisiting the contingent effectiveness model. RESEARCH POLICY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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van Arensbergen P, van der Weijden I, van den Besselaar P. The selection of talent as a group process. A literature review on the social dynamics of decision making in grant panels. RESEARCH EVALUATION 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvu017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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