By ignoring tacit knowledge, we can tell less than we know about research impact.

Mitchell, Vincent, Harvey, William and Wood, Geoffrey (2021) By ignoring tacit knowledge, we can tell less than we know about research impact. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (15 Sep 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Impact case studies, such as those produced for the UK’s research excellence framework, often present neat linear impact narratives that reflect the transmission of explicit knowledge from the world of research to the world of practice. Vincent W Mitchell, William S Harvey and Geoffrey Wood argue that by privileging easily quantifiable explicit knowledge over subtler socialised forms of tacit knowledge exchange, the impact of the social sciences and applied fields of research, such as business and management studies are vastly underestimated.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2021 14:51
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112324

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