Inclusive funding for enhanced impact of social sciences and humanitiesShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, ISSN 1726-6629, no 48, p. 82-87Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In order to expand the knowledge on how societal impact of social sciences and humanities (SSH) can be enhanced through public funding of research and innovation, a process of designing digitalised tools for inclusive funding is scrutinised, involving four Swedish funding agencies and an Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) of SSH researchers. The agencies shared the challenge to attract a broader range of SSH researchers to apply for their funding. Excluding and including mechanisms were identified in the interactions, texts and images of the formulation, communication and processing of calls for funding. The developed tools digitally guide the user through queries regarding the present and potential diversity of SSH representation among applicants, reviewers, agencystaff, etc. and regarding the formulation and communication of call texts, assessmentcriteria and reviewer instructions. The tools thus enhance SSH impact by making funding more available, but fail to demonstrate how concrete interaction with societal actors may enhance this.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (fteval) , 2019. no 48, p. 82-87
Keywords [en]
funding, humanities, impact, innovation, knowledge transfer, social science
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Other Engineering and Technologies
Research subject
Industrial Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75407DOI: 10.22163/fteval.2019.372OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-75407DiVA, id: diva2:1340733
Conference
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda Valuation of SSH in mission oriented research, 28-29 November 2018, Vienna, Austria
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas
Note
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2019-08-062019-08-062025-02-20Bibliographically approved