Impact seen from different levels
Different
actors have different perspectives on what impact could or should be. When
describing research impact it can be helpful to consider the following levels:
- The individual researcher. What are my aims and ambitions?
What novelties to I want my research to develop?
- The research environment. What are the grand challenges in
the field, and how can we contribute?
- The institution. What role do we as an institution
want to play in society? Which part (sectoral, geographical) of society do we
want to engage with?
- Funders. What is our profile, strategy and raison
d’être?
- Societal actors/stakeholders. What’s in it for us? Which
instruments of change can this research provide us with?