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Sales in Australia and New Zealand only. Elsewhere, this title is available through Routledge (external link).
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"Cornerstones of Impact Management is written by impact practitioners for anyone interested in societal impacts of research. It covers foundations such as pathways to impact and planning for impact. Since planning is needed for effective assessment and evaluation, readers get a deep dive into those topics which are always in demand. And it introduces some emerging areas of impact including ethics of impact and artificial intelligence. Each chapter has tips, a chapter summary and real life examples of successful impact practices. All this with contributors from Australia, Catalonia, UK, Denmark, Canada and USA. ... A must-read book on impact."
David J. Phipps, Assistant Vice-President, Research Strategy & Impact, York University
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March 2025 |
$ 99.99
ISBN: 9781486317455 | 340 pages | 245 x 170 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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Features
- A comprehensive guide to impact management, grounded in the perspectives of impact practitioners from around the world.
- Accessible for beginners in the field while still providing useful insights for more experienced professionals.
- Covers the four 'cornerstones' of impact management: setting the context for impact; impact planning; implementing, scaling and assessing; and reflections on future directions.
- Shares useful tips, examples and additional resources drawn from the contributors' experiences as impact professionals.
- Includes a Foreword by Jonathan Grant, impact guru and co-founder of the International School of Research Impact Assessment.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgement of contributors
Preface
Introduction: The foundations of impact
Cornerstone 1: Establish the context for impact
Chapter 1: Impact by design
Chapter 2: Inspiring and fostering a positive impact culture
Chapter 3: Managing your culture shift
Chapter 4: Mitigating risks to impact
Cornerstone 2: Plan for impact
Chapter 5: Integrated impact planning approaches and processes
Chapter 6: Communication and engagement at the planning stage
Chapter 7: Risks at the planning stage
Cornerstone 3: Implement, scale and assess impact
Chapter 8: Monitoring progress and risk
Chapter 9: Why and when to undertake impact evaluation
Chapter 10: Impact evaluation principles and approaches
Chapter 11: The role of economics in assessing impact
Chapter 12: Assessing the value of impacts
Chapter 13: Quality assurance for impact assessments
Chapter 14: The art of making impact visible
Cornerstone 4: Future setting for impact
Chapter 15: Forecasting impact: Potential value from innovation
Chapter 16: What’s on the horizon for the impact field
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Authors
Anne-Maree Dowd PhD is the Executive Manager of Performance and Evaluation at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. She has led the impact agenda within CSIRO since 2014 and has been involved at the international level on research impact.
Thomas Keenan PhD is the Director of Tractuum, an impact management consultancy based in Queensland, Australia. He led the planning and evaluation activities of the CSIRO Impact Team from 2016 to 2019, and continues to support the advancement of the CSIRO approach to impact management as a consultant.
Kathryn Graham PhD, FCAHS is a Professor of Research Impact Assessment at the University of Calgary, Canada, and was previously at Alberta Innovates. Her name is synonymous with advancing both the science and practice of impact. She has 30 years of experience in advising impact driven organisations on how to strategically design, measure, scale and maximise their impact performance.
Cornerstones of Impact Management includes contributions from Paula Adam, Gert Balling, Jasper Buys, Karen Cosgrove, Anne-Maree Dowd, Peter Duffy, Kathryn Graham, Reesa John, Adam Kamenetzky, Thomas Keenan, Alan O’Connor, Pavel Ovseiko, Alex Pollitt, Mark Taylor and Amanda Walsh.
