Blog archive
118 articles on research impact, knowledge exchange, evaluation, and evidence-based practice — from Prof. Mark Reed and the Fast Track Impact team.
2025
We are the method: Using feminist photovoice for deeper, more responsible impact
Mark Reed and Louisa Gilchrist · 5 Dec 2025 · 3 min readBy Mark Reed and Louisa Gilchrist Photovoice is more than photos plus interviews. Used well, it becomes a way of doing research that gives people control over how their experiences are seen and used. This blog adapts Heriot-Watt researcher Louisa Gil
Launching the third edition of The Research Impact Handbook
Prof. Mark Reed · 25 Nov 2025 · 2 min readThe third edition of The Research Impact Handbook has been released, building on its reputation as a practical guide for planning, delivering and evaluating impact. To mark this milestone, an international event will bring together some of the origi
Advancing rigorous, fair and high-impact research practice
Prof. Mark Reed · 21 Nov 2025 · 2 min readI was recently listed in Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, which identifies authors with multiple papers in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year across the past 11 years. The method combines citation thresholds w
A new AI prompt to boost your policy impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Oct 2025 · 3 min readMany researchers want to influence policy but don’t know where to start. A new AI prompt can help you identify opportunities tailored to your work. By giving ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot links to your institutional profile, publications, and projects
Why the impact agenda needs deeper roots
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Oct 2025 · 4 min readIf you’ve ever seen me train or read my books (and increasingly my papers), you’ll know how much I foreground values in everything I do. Values shape what we do because they shape who we are. Sometimes it’s the values that drive us to engage with imp
Structured ways to prioritise REF2029 impact activities
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Oct 2025 · 3 min readThere are many great papers and guides on how to write a top-scoring REF impact case study, but few tools help researchers organise and prioritise their impact activities on-the-go. You might have multiple strands of research and impact at different
How evidence-based theories of change can strengthen research impact on policy
By the Institute for Methods Innovation · 1 Sept 2025 · 3 min readResearch organisations are increasingly asked to show not only that their work has had an impact, but how the impact was generated....
2024
When impact evaluation yields negative results: The London Zoo case
Institute for Methods Innovation · 22 Jul 2024 · 4 min readBy the Institute for Methods Innovation When conducting impact evaluation research, you might get results that are the opposite of what...
How to (majorly) boost your communications and content with ChatGPT
Institute for Methods Innovation · 22 Jul 2024 · 4 min readBy the Institute for Methods Innovation By now, almost everyone is aware of AI chatbots, also known as Large Language Models (LLMs) like...
Fast Track Impact is changing
Prof. Mark Reed · 2 Jul 2024 · 2 min readFrom January next year, I will renew my focus on academic impact research and generating impacts from my climate-related work. My goal is...
10 Easy Steps to Make Your Website Accessible to Everyone
Anna Sutherland · 13 May 2024 · 17 min readIf you've created or are planning to create a website to showcase your research, it's important that ANY viewer should be able to access...
How much are REF2021 4* impact case studies and 4* outputs worth?
Jon Collett · 21 Mar 2024 · 7 min readWith the announcements in summer 2023 of the next REF, I started asking myself the question, how much are the REF2021 impact case studies...
2023
What is good practice engagement and impact?
Prof Mark Reed · 5 Dec 2023 · 8 min readREF2029 sees the re-introduction of an “impact narrative” worth at least 5% of each Unit of Assessment’s overall score, to assess...
The productive researcher, now powered by ChatGPT?
Dr Eric A. Jensen, Daniela Martin and Lali van Zuydam · 30 Nov 2023 · 3 min readHow to use AI tools to increase the efficiency your communications and engagement work In the dynamic world of research, ChatGPT, an...
My take on what the initial decisions on REF mean for impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 16 Jun 2023 · 4 min readSummary: these are mainly tweaks that address issues for which most institutions already found work-arounds. You can read the full...
Are you really doing all you can to make a difference?
Prof. Mark Reed · 16 Jan 2023 · 16 min readEvery now and then, someone holds a mirror up to you, and you see your own attempts to achieve impact in a new light, and realise how...
2022
Using narratives for research impact assessment is less problematic than some researchers argue
Bella Reichard · 15 Dec 2022 · 6 min readDespite being emulated in a growing number of similar exercises around the world, the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) had been...
Alternatives to the word ‘stakeholder’
Prof. Mark Reed · 22 Nov 2022 · 8 min readI’ve written previously about issues with the word “stakeholder”, and its colonial connotations in countries like Canada, where settlers...
Coming off the fence: why I decided to engage in politics
Prof. Mark Reed · 24 Oct 2022 · 2 min readAs someone who works closely with governments in the UK and internationally, I have long preferred to keep my politics to myself, and...
Should we banish the word “stakeholder”?
Prof. Mark Reed · 2 Aug 2022 · 7 min readI talk about stakeholders a lot because I study how decisions are made and how the people who are affected by or have the power to shape...
Leading for impact (part 5): the radical transparency, humility and presence of empathic leaders
Prof. Mark Reed · 13 Jun 2022 · 11 min readImpactful leaders influence those around them. But we have all come across leaders who sought to be influential but lacked humility, and...
Leading for impact (part 4): Bridging expertise – being an expert at finding expertise
Prof Mark Reed · 7 Mar 2022 · 13 min readIt has always seemed strange to me that to become an academic leader, you have to first become a respected expert in your field. This is...
How practicing self-compassion could transform your resilience and confidence as a researcher
Dr Joyce Reed · 9 Feb 2022 · 9 min readI launched the Health Resilient Researcher training at the beginning of 2021, and I have noticed a recurring theme across disciplines,...
2021
How to manage stress and recover from burnout
Dr Joyce Reed · 26 Oct 2021 · 11 min readRecently, I had an interview with CNM (College of Naturopathic Medicine) about burnout from stress. I talked about how how stress affects...
Impact culture at the climate conference (COP26)
Prof Mark Reed · 25 Oct 2021 · 1 min readProfessor Mark Reed from Fast Track Impact and SRUC will be co-hosting a session on impact culture with the Adaptation Research Alliance ...
Leading for impact (part 3): The purpose of an empathic leader
Prof Mark Reed · 22 Oct 2021 · 16 min readSomeone asked me today what skills they needed to learn to become an empathic leader. Perhaps they should invest in training to become a...
Introducing Health Coaching for the academy
Dr Joyce Reed · 2 Sept 2021 · 3 min read“What is health coaching for the academy?” Over the course of the last few years there is a growing realisation that work home balance is...
Leading for impact (part 2): Valuing uncertainty in leadership
Prof Mark Reed · 17 Jan 2021 · 12 min readIn this second blog on empathic leadership for impact, I want to consider the importance of valuing uncertainty in leadership. Embracing...
2020
Leading for impact (part 1): counter-intuitive leadership goals
Prof. Mark Reed · 1 Dec 2020 · 4 min readWhat are your leadership goals? Maybe you want to empower teams of people who can change the world. That sounds like a worthy goal for a...
Tips and tools for making your online meetings and workshops more interactive
Sawsan Khuri and Mark Reed · 1 Oct 2020 · 9 min readWe all miss the real life interaction, the smell of that coffee and the sound of that buzz as you walk into a meeting room. At the same...
Research Impact and Critical Research: Reclaiming Impact on Critical Terms
Ruth Machen · 1 Oct 2020 · 5 min readCritical research – research that foregrounds the contingency of knowledge, social structures, and relations – is often impassioned by...
15 questions to tell you if your professional online identity is an asset or a risk
Prof. Mark Reed · 22 May 2020 · 9 min read...(and what you can do about it) We’ve all got one, but what does your digital footprint say about you? Not everyone who asks themselves...
How to bring coherence to a fractured digital profile
Prof. Mark Reed · 22 May 2020 · 4 min readWhen was the last time you audited your digital footprint? Do you know what people see when they google your name and affiliation? How...
Do your design skills undermine your credibility and impact?
Prof. Mark Reed · 20 May 2020 · 4 min readSince the advent of PowerPoint, researchers have been doing visual design on an almost daily basis, usually not very well. Most of us...
Three options for busy academics whose research could make money
Prof. Mark Reed · 20 May 2020 · 4 min readDiscovering that your research has commercial value is a mixed blessing for many researchers. Many researchers who come up with valuable...
The power of stories to construct a pathway to impact that can inspire change
Prof. Mark Reed · 20 May 2020 · 15 min readMost of us are aware of the power of stories to help us communicate our research, whether we’re writing a keynote speech or a blog, or...
New online impact planning tool launched by Kudos
Prof. Mark Reed · 7 May 2020 · 5 min readLike other users of Kudos, I was recently given complimentary access to Kudos Pro, so I decided to take it out for a spin and made this...
How to integrate impact into a UKRI case for support
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Apr 2020 · 6 min readSince March 2020, UKRI and its Research Councils no longer require Pathways to Impact and Impact Summaries in research proposals. While...
Everything you need to know about the final REF2021 guidance on impact in less than a minute
Prof. Mark Reed · 9 Mar 2020 · 11 min readIn this guide I will summarise all the key things you need to know about the submission of im pact case studies in REF2021, and provide a...
Evidencing Impact from Media Engagement
Prof. Mark Reed · 7 Jan 2020 · 16 min readMany of us think that media engagement and impact go hand in hand, but this is not necessarily the case. Engaging with social and mass...
2019
Presenting with Impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 2 Dec 2019 · 14 min readA PhD student stands nervously on stage as 250 students noisily pack into the lecture theatre. It is his first ever lecture and he stayed...
Five things you need to do to capture the impact of training as a pathway to impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 5 Nov 2019 · 2 min readTraining is a common pathway to impact for many of us. There were 92 impact case studies that used training courses to generate impact in...
How to get your evidence used at scale without giving up the day job
Sally Good · 23 Oct 2019 · 3 min readMost researchers don’t want to become business owners or spend their lives on the road, communicating their results to those who need...
New book calls for civil disobedience to fight “dehumanising” impact agenda
Mark Reed and Richard Watermeyer · 24 Sept 2019 · 19 min readAs anyone who has attended my trainings will know, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). I see...
Latest REF2021 intelligence
Prof. Mark Reed · 29 Aug 2019 · 9 min readWe’re getting to a point in the REF cycle where details really matter, so in this blog I'm collating relevant new insights on how...
Writing your impact track record for NHMRC
Prof Mark Reed · 3 Aug 2019 · 7 min readFor National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants, your track record is heavily weighted in the assessment...
How to pass ARC's National Interest Test
Prof Mark Reed · 3 Aug 2019 · 4 min readBrevity is the name of the game when writing about impact for Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects and Discovery Early...
How to make a podcast that generates research impact in 10 easy (and free) steps
Mark Reed and James Daybell · 26 Jun 2019 · 16 min readPodcasts have grown rapidly in popularity in recent years, and they give everyone the opportunity to turn their research into a show,...
Four ways to cultivate deeper creativity by embracing failure, procrastination and criticism
Prof. Mark Reed · 17 Jun 2019 · 9 min readDo you spend hours creating the perfect place to think, and then get frustrated when the ideas don’t start to flow? There is a reason for...
How to make an infographic CV featuring impact that you can submit with your next grant application
Prof. Mark Reed · 6 Jun 2019 · 2 min readWhen you have to fit your CV to two pages in a grant application, what you choose to cut or keep says a lot about what you think are your...
How to start a newsletter that will get read and generate impact from your research
Prof. Mark Reed · 31 May 2019 · 5 min readNewsletters are a surprisingly efficient and effective way of getting engagement with your research, that can lead to impact. In recent...
How to evaluate complex research impact
Peter Barbrook-Johnson · 18 Apr 2019 · 5 min readWe know research impact unfolds in complex and unpredictable ways, so how on earth do we learn from and evaluate it? In this blog, I will...
REF impact case studies – are single researcher or group submissions better?
Prof. Mark Reed · 5 Apr 2019 · 2 min readI’m often asked if it is preferable to submit case studies based on a single person or multiple people. University of Cambridge did well...
What makes a 4* research impact case study for REF2021?
Mark Reed, Bella Reichard, Jenn Chubb, Ged Hall · 19 Mar 2019 · 11 min readView an updated version of this blog In 2014, the UK became the first country to comprehensively assess the impact of its research as...
Fast Track Impact Planning Template
Prof. Mark Reed · 18 Mar 2019 · 4 min readIf you want your research to make an impact, you need a plan. In this video and guide, I will show you how to use the Fast Track Impact...
How to write a competitive GCRF bid: insider information from a panellist
Prof. Mark Reed · 13 Mar 2019 · 3 min readDon’t be fooled by the large sums of money available from the Global Challenges Research Fund – competition is fierce for these funds,...
How to design an end-of-project stakeholder meeting to both generate and evaluate impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 12 Mar 2019 · 4 min readResearch projects often end with workshops or conferences for stakeholders in which researchers treat their audiences to death by...
How to do stakeholder analysis
Prof. Mark Reed · 11 Mar 2019 · 9 min readThe power of a good stakeholder analysis is its ability to enable you to prioritise who you engage with first, when you have limited time...
2018
How to move your REF impact case study to a new institution
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Nov 2018 · 4 min readThe REF rules are clear: impacts remain with the institution in which the original research was conducted. If you move institutions, you...
How to get commercially sensitive data to evidence economic impacts from research
Prof. Mark Reed · 9 Nov 2018 · 5 min readIf your research has been commercialized in some way, then you may be asked to evidence the economic benefits arising from your work....
Get longitudinal impact data with a postcard to your future self
Prof. Mark Reed · 7 Nov 2018 · 4 min readHow do you find out what happens after you engage with publics or stakeholders? You might have run an exhibition or done a seminar for...
Fast Track Impact wins Royal Society prize for changing research culture
Prof. Mark Reed · 30 Oct 2018 · 2 min readFast Track Impact was awarded a prize by the Royal Society this week for his work on research impact. The prize was given at the...
A Formula for Perfect Research Project Meetings
Sawsan Khuri · 19 Oct 2018 · 3 min readRunning scientific research meetings is not that different from running any other type of business meetings. There is usually an agenda...
How to reach out to publics or stakeholders when you have no idea how your research could help
Prof. Mark Reed · 2 Oct 2018 · 4 min readSometimes the first steps towards impact can feel a bit like a blind date. You’re each sizing each other up, second guessing each other’s...
Weave a story through your REF Impact Case Study – 3 tips from a professional writer
Chris Simms · 27 Sept 2018 · 2 min readHow can you establish a narrative, especially in the confines of the REF template? Published author and Consultant Fellow of the Royal...
Grimpact: What is it and why research needs to talk about it.
Gemma Derrick · 13 Sept 2018 · 4 min readNo one will disagree that research is supposed to benefit society, and that research and researchers should be evaluated for their...
The second edition is here!
Prof. Mark Reed · 13 Jul 2018 · 6 min readThe day has come at last - I'm launching the second edition of The Research Impact Handbook on Amazon today in paperback and on Kindle....
What made a 4* impact case study in REF2014?
Prof. Mark Reed · 4 Jun 2018 · 1 min readThis blog has now been updated. To see the original version, download the poster below presented at the INORMS 2018 conference. For the...
How Express Licensing can help researchers create and track impact (and even generate income)
David Rogerson · 15 Apr 2018 · 4 min readMany researchers have been put-off licensing or think it isn’t for them, but if you’re sitting on copyrighted materials such as software,...
Does REF create a conflict of interest for researchers who are submitting impacts?
Mark Reed and Jagtar Singh Nijjar · 23 Mar 2018 · 6 min readMany researchers who want to achieve impact prize their neutrality and independence as one of their greatest assets. Nobody wants to be...
Interrogate your reasons for engaging in impact, and whatever they are, let them be YOUR reasons
Mark Reed and Jenn Chubb · 22 Mar 2018 · 7 min readIn this blog we discuss reasons why the impact agenda is often negatively perceived by some academics. We do so by drawing on new...
How to avoid unintended negative impacts: what can we learn from the Cambridge Analytica controversy
Prof. Mark Reed · 19 Mar 2018 · 4 min readThe current controversy over Cambridge Analytica’s role in the 2017 US Presidential election and Brexit referendum raise serious...
Research into REF evaluator behaviour offers three key pieces of advice for REF2021
Gemma Derrick · 12 Mar 2018 · 8 min readPeople always ask me, what is impact? Indeed, this question seems to be the key concern of many researchers and research administrators...
The secrets of facilitation in three words
Sawsan Khuri · 26 Feb 2018 · 2 min readFacilitation is a process that requires you to be a polymath of sorts, comfortable in your skin as a bridge builder, able to...
How to conduct a testimonial interview to corroborate the impact of your research
Prof. Mark Reed · 23 Feb 2018 · 5 min readNobody likes soliciting compliments, so it can feel awkward asking someone you’ve worked with for a testimonial to corroborate the...
How to set up a stakeholder advisory panel for your research project (and why it delivers impact)
Prof. Mark Reed · 20 Feb 2018 · 6 min readMost of us have left the idea of one-way "knowledge transfer" behind us long ago, but we rarely interrogate the ethics or evidence behind...
How to generate research impact from Twitter and LinkedIn
Prof. Mark Reed · 16 Feb 2018 · 15 min readMore and more researchers are turning to social media as a way of getting their research to a wider audience. But can social media really...
Teams in academia don’t just happen
Prof. Mark Reed · 26 Jan 2018 · 3 min readDespite my confident exterior, I have suffered more than most people I know from performance anxiety during my career. As a veteran of...
From impact to transformation: ten essentials for transformative research
Prof. Mark Reed · 18 Jan 2018 · 3 min readI like trying to dream big my research, but I often struggle to come up with impact goals for my research that are truly...
2017
Top 5 blog posts of 2017
Prof. Mark Reed · 29 Dec 2017 · 1 min readIt has been a good year online for Fast Track Impact with the website getting over 100,000 page views and the first issue of our magazine...
How to design a whole institution REF impact internal review: lessons from Northumbria University
Alisha Peart & Lucy Jowett · 7 Dec 2017 · 6 min readWhat would you do if you were asked to organise an internal review of REF impact case studies for your whole university? Run away? Hide?...
How to turn your next paper into an infographic
Mark Reed and Anna Sutherland · 28 Nov 2017 · 4 min readInfographics are a great way of communicating your research to a wider audience, from other researchers to people who might use your...
3 ways to identify additional impact case studies for REF2021
Prof. Mark Reed · 24 Nov 2017 · 2 min readAfter this week's announcement about how REF2021 will operate, many Universities are now looking for significantly more impact case...
Evidencing impacts from public engagement
Prof. Mark Reed · 23 Nov 2017 · 8 min readResearchers are engaging with the public more than ever before, but most have no idea how they are benefiting the people they interact...
How to write a Horizon Europe proposal that impresses on impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 31 Oct 2017 · 8 min readExploiting your research for impact is essential if you want to get your Horizon Europe proposal funded. There are just three things you...
Conferences can lead to both knowledge exchange and impact - we just have to do them differently
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Sept 2017 · 5 min readThose who know me well don’t bother asking me to go to conferences any more, because they know the answer. I dislike conferences for one...
How to self-publish your next book
Prof. Mark Reed · 18 Aug 2017 · 14 min readMost researchers look down on self-publishing, preferring to pitch their manuscripts to prestigious publishers. Self-publishing is...
How to write a winning impact summary and pathway to impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 20 Jul 2017 · 10 min readMany researchers find the impact sections of their grant applications among the most challenging to complete. This guide explains exactly...
5 ways to fast track the impact of your PhD
Jenn Chubb and Mark Reed · 8 Feb 2017 · 7 min readGenerating societal, cultural and/economic impact from your PhD is no longer an optional extra - it is an essential step on the career...
3 ways to identify missing impact case studies for #REF2021
Prof. Mark Reed · 3 Feb 2017 · 3 min readAs we approach the mid-term for REF, most Universities now have lists of potential case studies their researchers are developing. But...
How to write a fundable proposal for the Global Challenges Research Fund
Prof. Mark Reed · 2 Feb 2017 · 7 min readA revolution is happening in the way we do international development in this country. It is not the end to foreign aid spending that the...
How much was an impact case study worth in the UK Research Excellence Framework?
Mark Reed and Simon Kerridge · 1 Feb 2017 · 7 min readWhen the UK Government integrated impact into the Research Excellence Framework in 2014, it signalled how seriously it took the societal...
Wise words and hilarious presentation #fails: how (not) to speak with impact
Prof. Mark Reed · 31 Jan 2017 · 6 min readFor the first issue of the Fast Track Impact Magazine, I asked future readers if they would share their top tips and ego-crushing fails,...
Researchers among the most influential on Twitter when it comes to public understanding of research
Prof. Mark Reed · 22 Jan 2017 · 2 min readA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Connecticut has identified a climate researcher, Dr. Peter Gleick, as the most influential...
2016
The Fast Track Impact Social Media Strategy Template
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Dec 2016 · 1 min readAre you wasting time on social media or is it helping you achieve impact? The easiest way to make sure your time on social media really...
Three things HEFCE’s consultation has told us about the role of impact in REF2021
Prof. Mark Reed · 13 Dec 2016 · 5 min readThe role and shape of impact in the next REF just got a lot clearer with the publication of HEFCE’s consultation on the second Research...
The Fast Track Impact Tracking Template
Prof. Mark Reed · 5 Dec 2016 · 2 min readAt Fast Track Impact, we like to give you short cuts that make it simple for you to generate impacts from your research. Following the...
Top Twitter Tips for Research Impact
Prof Mark Reed and Dr Ana Attlee · 30 Sept 2016 · 14 min readOur Top Twitter Tips are 4 years old today, and to celebrate, we've completely re-written and revised them for 2015. The previous tips...
Brexit needs more participation processes
Rosmarie Katrin Neumann · 28 Jun 2016 · 5 min readWhy am I, a non-brit, writing about Brexit? For me as a mediator, Brexit clearly shows that people were empowered by their opportunity to...
Sharing the secrets of successful stakeholder engagement
Mark Reed, Joris de Vente, Lindsay Stringer · 17 May 2016 · 2 min readWorking with stakeholders isn’t an easy task and there is little guidance available on how to do it well. The British Academy funded...
10 lessons from grant proposals that led to the most significant and far-reaching impacts
Sarah Buckmaster and Prof Mark Reed · 14 Feb 2016 · 10 min readIn this blog, we analyse ‘pathways to impact’ in grant applications that led to the top scoring impact case studies in the latest UK...
The four greatest myths about using social media as a researcher
Prof Mark Reed · 22 Jan 2016 · 9 min readMost people who do not use social media in their research do so for good reasons. But I think many of the reasons people give for not...
Top 40 practical tips researchers said helped them achieve impact
Prof Mark Reed · 20 Jan 2016 · 9 min readI often hear great ideas and case studies about engaging with people who might be interested in or want to use our research. Those ideas...
Who will benefit from your research and who will block it? How to identify stakeholders
Prof Mark Reed and Radoje Lausevic (Deputy · 9 Jan 2016 · 10 min readUpdated 2019 guide now available here. For the original 2016 guide, continue reading... ________________________________________________...
2015
How to make a policy brief that has real impact
Rosmarie Katrin Neumann and Prof Mark Reed · 19 Dec 2015 · 12 min readEver wondered if, how and why policy briefs made a difference? There are many guides that will tell you how to write an effective policy...
How to turn your research findings into a video that people actually want to watch
Prof. Mark Reed · 15 Nov 2015 · 5 min readIt seems that everyone is making videos about their research these days, but if you look at the number of views, not many of these films...
Top ways researchers achieve policy impacts
Sarah Buckmaster and Prof Mark Reed · 29 Jun 2015 · 3 min readEarlier this year, HEFCE published a searchable database of impact case studies, collected as part of its evaluation of UK research under...
Making transdisciplinarity work
Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia · 24 Mar 2015 · 3 min readTrans-disciplinarity is all the rage. And it needs to be. Society faces issues and concerns that do not fall neatly into specific...
2014
How can your research have more impact? New research provides 5 key principles and practical tips
Prof Mark Reed and Dr Ana Attlee · 9 Sept 2014 · 4 min readName an impact from research that hasn’t involved knowledge exchange. If like us, you can’t think of one, then it follows that if we want...
Six practical ways to make your research more influential
Prof. Mark Reed · 6 Mar 2014 · 7 min readI recently blogged about how researchers can positively channel emotion, to do relevant research that resonates deeply with our audience...
2013
Should researchers get emotional?
Prof. Mark Reed · 22 Jul 2013 · 6 min readMany researchers prize their objectivity and detached independence, and recoil in horror from the idea of displaying emotion in their...
A research agenda for knowledge exchange in environmental management and beyond
Dr Ioan Fazey · 24 Feb 2013 · 4 min readKnowledge exchange (KE) is a broad term that includes concepts such as sharing, generation, co-production, co-management, and brokerage...
2012
Getting your research into policy: make it visible, compatible and accessible
Dr Lindsay C. Stringer & Prof. Andy Dougill · 19 Dec 2012 · 4 min readInvestment of public money in scientific research often means that funders expect changes to take place as a result of their financial...
How we learn: a 21st Century riddle
Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner · 5 Mar 2012 · 2 min readRiddle: What starts unobtrusively but is emergent and unpredictable, spreads rapidly across boundaries, and can have widespread...
The art of science communication: can the creative arts bring a new dimension to your research?
Prof. Mark Reed · 11 Jan 2012 · 6 min readArtists often work with researchers to communicate their findings; but is it possible for artists to join interdisciplinary teams to come...
Tips for dealing with conflict in transdisciplinary research
Prof Mark Reed · 11 Jan 2012 · 4 min readWorking with people can be challenging. If you work with stakeholders, chances are the thing you dread most is conflict. If good...
How to design more effective participatory decision-making processes
Prof Mark Reed · 11 Jan 2012 · 5 min readWorking with stakeholders is often challenging. There seem to always be difficult characters to deal with, and you often end up working...