Pathways to Impact, evidence-based policy and making the case for the social sciences: a funder’s perspective

Event Details

Date:

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Room:

Terrace Room, Level 6

UQ Location:

Sir Llew Edwards Building (St Lucia)

URL:

http://issr.uq.edu.au/event/seminar-jane-elliott#

Event category(s):

Full Description:: This presentation will explore the linked challenges of securing funding for the social sciences and ensuring that policy is based on a sound body of evidence.

It will draw on a number of recent sources in order to explore some of the tensions and contradictions in the construction of a case for the social sciences. In particular the presentation will draw on impact case studies from the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework exercise; the portfolio of work funded by the Economic and Social Research Council; recent reports arguing for the value of the social sciences, and conversations with government Chief Scientific Advisers in the UK.

The aim will be to stimulate debate and promote discussion of differences and similarities between the UK and Australian contexts.

Professor Jane Elliott took up the post of Economic & Social Research Council Chief Executive (ESRC) and Research Councils UK International Champion in October 2014.

Before joining the ESRC Professor Elliott was Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Education, London, the Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the Director of the collaborative CLOSER (Cohorts and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources) programme, both funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Her main research interests include gender and employment, healthy ageing, longitudinal research methodology, combining qualitative and quantitative research and narrative.