The requirement to anticipate, articulate and evaluate the impact of research is a growing
part of academic labor. A research impact agenda in the UK and Australia reflects a drive …

The management and measurement of the non-academic impact of research has emerged
as a strong and consistent theme within the higher education research environment in the …

A focus on academic performativity and a rationalizing of what academics do according to
measurable outputs has, in the era of higher education's (HE) neoliberalization and …

This article discusses the intensification of research performance demands in UK
universities in relation to the complex terrain of academic identity formation. It considers …

There is growing interest in demonstrating the societal and economic value of research
around the world with the UK and Australia at the forefront of these developments …

Evaluation of university-based research already has a reasonably long tradition in the UK,
but proposals to revise the framework for national evaluation aroused controversy in the …

The research impact agenda is frequently portrayed through 'crisis' accounts whereby
academic identity is at risk of a kind of existential unravelling. Amid reports of academics …

ABSTRACT A focus on research impact is influencing the way research is undertaken in
Australian higher education institutions. Research activities are planned, funded, conducted …

UK policy is to embed “knowledge transfer as a permanent core activity in universities.” In
this article, I propose an agenda for analyzing and informing the evolving practices of …

The final Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is being implemented midst rancour and
debate about what counts as knowledge, and who will do the counting. This mechanism for …