Towards characterising negative impact: Introducing Grimpact

Gemma E.  Derrick; Rita Faria; Paul Benneworth; David Budtz Pedersen; Gunnar Sivertsen

Towards characterising negative impact: Introducing Grimpact

Gemma E. Derrick, Rita Faria, Paul Benneworth, David Budtz Pedersen, Gunnar Sivertsen

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This paper categorises the nature of what we have labelled as the potential for 'GrImpact', in the evaluation of the wider influence of research, beyond academia. As the impact agenda broadly defined grows to include more formally criteria that consider the value of research beyond academia, so too does the pressure to ensure that these assessments of public value are conducted with the public's best interests in mind. In many cases, any negative impact from research cannot be foreseen at the time of the evaluation, making it vital that any kinds of rewards for impact stimulate only positive public benefits (aka "the right type" of impact). Using a series of case studies of identified "negative impact" this paper explores the concept of Grimpact, as well as creates typologies of its characteristics and precursors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators : Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Transition
Volume	2018-09-11
Publisher	Leiden University, CWTS
Publication date	9 Nov 2018
Pages	1199-1213
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-9031204-0
Publication status	Published - 9 Nov 2018
Event	23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators - Leiden, Netherlands Duration: 12 Sept 2018 → 14 Sept 2018 Conference number: 23

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Conference	23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators
Number	23
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Leiden
Period	12/09/2018 → 14/09/2018

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Derrick, G. E., Faria, R., Benneworth, P., Pedersen, D. B., & Sivertsen, G. (2018). Towards characterising negative impact: Introducing Grimpact. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators: Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Transition (Vol. 2018-09-11, pp. 1199-1213). Leiden University, CWTS. http://hdl.handle.net/1887/65230

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Towards characterising negative impact: Introducing Grimpact. / Derrick, Gemma E. ; Faria, Rita; Benneworth, Paul et al.
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators: Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Transition. Vol. 2018-09-11 Leiden University, CWTS, 2018. p. 1199-1213.

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