RIC featured in AESIS’s newsletter

RIC was recently featured in the Network of Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Sciences (AESIS)’s January 2025 newsletter under “AESIS Member Contributions.” Please see below for the post. Another great year for the Research Impact Canada (RIC) network Author(s): David Phipps, York University & Research Impact Canada, Canada RIC was founded in 2006 […]

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The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent

Ochsner, M. (2024). The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent. Swiss Political Science Review. 10.1111/spsr.12618. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/spsr.12618 Abstract Societal impact as a buzz word is high on the agenda of policy-makers around the world. Often, the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) is cited as the initiator […]

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Insights from RIC Members Working in the Field of Knowledge Mobilization

(Click image for full view)These insights were drawn from Research Impact Canada (RIC) members who participated in Dr RIC on December 18, 2024. Dr RIC? What’s that you say? Dr RIC is one of my favourite parts of RIC and that’s saying something because I love most things to do with RIC. Dr RIC is […]

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RIC Alberta Regional Meeting

What do four Alberta universities and one polytechnic have in common? L-R: Reisa Klein (U Alberta), Stephanie Warner (U Calgary), Thane Chambers (U Alberta), Vicky Qualie (NAIT), Sarelle Azuelos (U Calgary) University of AlbertaUniversity of CalgaryAthabasca UniversityMacEwan UniversityNorthern Alberta Institute of Technology These are the five Alberta members of Research Impact Canada. There are more […]

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Overcoming Common Anxieties in Knowledge Translation: Advice for Scholarly Issue Advocates

Thank you for another year of reading knowledge mobilization Journal Club posts. We take a break in December so please come back to this space at the end of January for the next Journal Club, which will be on a Swiss approach to research impact. But until then, read on to find out more about […]

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2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award is Open!

The 2025 Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students is accepting applications now! We encourage graduate students from our Canadian RIC member institutions to apply. Those who are in the process of or have already started conducting knowledge mobilization activities for their research project and are hoping to make an impact are […]

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Research Impact Canada announces two new members

Research Impact Canada (RIC) has already welcomed six new members this year: The Royal Ottawa Hospital, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Saint Paul’s University, Université Laval, University of Bristol (UK) and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. To bring out the total new members to eight this year, we are delighted to welcome two […]

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Information relations for social change: exploring the information behaviour of academics undertaking impact work

Joann Cattlin, J. and Given, L.M. (2024) Information relations for social change: exploring the information behaviour of academics undertaking impact work. Information Research. pp 230-245. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir292824 Abstract Introduction. This paper examines academics’ information behaviour in undertaking research for societal impact. It explores how researcher-stakeholder relationships provide sites of information exchange where academics develop skills and […]

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CERCA publishes the Research Impact Glossary

David Phipps is chair of the CERCA International Research Impact Assessment Advisory Board which, according to the post, guided the development of the glossary.The new document aims to provide a common theoretical foundation for CERCA centres to craft narratives within their research impact strategies. The glossary outlines the most commonly used terminologies by professionals in […]

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The characteristics and career pathways of third-space research professionals in universities: Reflections from practice

Grant, J. and Kennie, T. (2024) The characteristics and career pathways of third-space research professionals in universities: Reflections from practice. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/08/08/the-characteristics-and-career-pathways-of-third-space-research-professionals-in-universities-reflections-from-practice/. Executive Summary This report examines the role of ‘third space research professionals’ in universities, and particularly the career pathways open to such individuals. The term ‘third space professional’ was originally coined by Dr Celia […]

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