Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Beyond Impact
About this ebook
This book, part of the Connected Communities series, highlights the benefits of universities collaborating with outside bodies on research and addresses the key challenge of articulating the value of collaborative research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Edited by two well respected academics, it includes voices and perspectives from researchers and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines.
Together, they explore tensions in the evaluation and assessment of research in general, and the debates generated by collaborative research between universities and communities to enable greater understanding of collaborative research, and to provide a much-needed account of key theorists in the field of interdisciplinary collaborative research.
About the author
Liz Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester Her work is dedicated to experimenting with how academics, practitioners and citizens can develop more democratic and participatory ways of doing politics.
Dr. Peter Matthews is Lecturer in Social Policy at SASS, University of Stirling. He publishes widely in urban studies, planning, social policy and housing.
Catherine Durose is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and Society at the University of Birmingham. Her work explores the practices and politics of the relationships between the state, communities and citizens.
Helen Graham is Associate Professor in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds.
Jo Vergunst is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
Dr. Dave O'Brien is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy, at ICCE, Goldsmiths, University of London. His most recent book is Cultural Policy, published by Routledge. He hosts the New Books In Critical Theory podcast.
Keri Facer is Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol and Leadership Fellow for the AHRC Connected Communities Programme. She works on the relationship between formal education, informal learning and the development of public capacity to address social, technological and environmental change.
Kate Pahl is Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
