Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research

Tsey, K; Onnis, LA; Whiteside, M; McCalman, J; Williams, M; Heyeres, M; Lui, SM; Klieve, H; Cadet-James, Y; Baird, L; Brown, C; Watkin Lui, F; Grainger, D; Gabriel, Z; Millgate, N; Cheniart, B; Hunter, T; Liu, HB; Yinghong, Y; Yan, L; Lovett, R; Chong, A; Kinchin, I

Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research

Tsey, K Onnis, LA Whiteside, M McCalman, J Williams, M

Heyeres, M Lui, SM Klieve, H Cadet-James, Y Baird, L Brown, C Watkin Lui, F Grainger, D Gabriel, Z Millgate, N Cheniart, B Hunter, T Liu, HB Yinghong, Y Yan, L Lovett, R Chong, A Kinchin, I

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Citation:: Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, 73 pp. 176 - 186
Issue Date:: 2019-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tsey, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Onnis, LA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Whiteside, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McCalman, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Williams, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0969-2619	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Heyeres, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lui, SM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Klieve, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cadet-James, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Baird, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brown, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Watkin Lui, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grainger, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gabriel, Z	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Millgate, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cheniart, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hunter, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Liu, HB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yinghong, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yan, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lovett, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chong, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kinchin, I https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-2763	en_US
dc.date.available	2019-01-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, 73 pp. 176 - 186	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0149-7189	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/134895
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Researchers worldwide are increasingly reporting the societal impact of their research as part of national research productivity assessments. However, the challenges they encounter in developing their impact case studies against specified government assessment criteria and how pitfalls can be mitigated are not reported. This paper examines the key steps taken to develop an Aboriginal Family Wellbeing (FWB) empowerment research impact case study in the context of an Australian Research Council (ARC) pilot research impact assessment exercise and the challenges involved in applying the ARC criteria. The requirement that researchers demonstrate how their institutions support them to conduct impactful research has the potential to create supportive environments for researchers to be more responsive to the needs of users outside academia. However, the 15-year reference period for the associated research underpinning the reported impact and the focus on researcher's current institutional affiliation constitute potential constraints to demonstrating the true impact of research. For researchers working with Indigenous people, relationships that build over long periods of time, irrespective of university affiliation, are critical to conducting impactful research. A more open-ended time-frame, with no institutional restrictions for the ‘associated research’ provides the best opportunity to demonstrate the true benefits of research not only for Indigenous people but for Australian society more broadly.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Evaluation and Program Planning	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.01.004	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences Methods	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Pilot Projects	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Program Evaluation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Power (Psychology)	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oceanic Ancestry Group	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Family Health	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Community-Institutional Relations	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Community-Based Participatory Research	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Power, Psychological	en_US
dc.title	Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	73	en_US
utslib.for	160506 Education Policy	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	73	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 Researchers worldwide are increasingly reporting the societal impact of their research as part of national research productivity assessments. However, the challenges they encounter in developing their impact case studies against specified government assessment criteria and how pitfalls can be mitigated are not reported. This paper examines the key steps taken to develop an Aboriginal Family Wellbeing (FWB) empowerment research impact case study in the context of an Australian Research Council (ARC) pilot research impact assessment exercise and the challenges involved in applying the ARC criteria. The requirement that researchers demonstrate how their institutions support them to conduct impactful research has the potential to create supportive environments for researchers to be more responsive to the needs of users outside academia. However, the 15-year reference period for the associated research underpinning the reported impact and the focus on researcher's current institutional affiliation constitute potential constraints to demonstrating the true impact of research. For researchers working with Indigenous people, relationships that build over long periods of time, irrespective of university affiliation, are critical to conducting impactful research. A more open-ended time-frame, with no institutional restrictions for the ‘associated research’ provides the best opportunity to demonstrate the true benefits of research not only for Indigenous people but for Australian society more broadly.

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