Taking it on from the other side: In the UK's Research Excellence Framework research units need to report so-called "Impact Case Studies", i.e. how their research has been used outside academia. Maybe worth a shot? #REF2021 results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact #REF2014 impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/ - ThreadSky

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jrboehnke.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Taking it on from the other side: In the UK's Research Excellence Framework research units need to report so-called "Impact Case Studies", i.e. how their research has been used outside academia. Maybe worth a shot?

#REF2021
https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact

#REF2014
https://impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/

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bethclarke.bsky.social•6 days ago

This looks really relevant - thank you!

jrboehnke.bsky.social•5 days ago

Happy to have a chat if you go in this direction and find it useful. I was involved in the submission side of #REF2021 so I might be able to answer some questions about structures, organisation, etc - not a research area of mine, though (DM/ my institutional details are easy to find).

oliviajkirtley.bsky.social•6 days ago

I suppose another question is also where and when you might expect the findings of a study to be applied in the real world, as there's often a long lead-time, e.g., getting interventions into clinical practice, & some findings may have more local rather than international applications.

bethclarke.bsky.social•6 days ago

Those are great ideas! It would be interesting to look at whether the application claims made were more local or generalised. Also, the
REF sounds like a useful place to start.

oliviajkirtley.bsky.social•6 days ago

The REF info could be a good way of doing this, as then the exact real world application of the research is often specified. Otherwise, I guess you could maybe try and create very specific statements about the proposed real world application & then use these to steer lit/grey lit reviews.

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