What is the purpose of Research? What is Impact?
Research for What?
English - April 09, 2020 04:15 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBScience Technology research impact academia commercialisation start-up Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Prof Kristy Muir explains what social scientific research is conducted at the Centre for Social Impact and what the purpose of this research is. Our conversation touches on the COVID-19 crisis and we discuss how it is influencing and changing research, economies, governments, policies and people. Kristy explains how research can improve the condition of vulnerable groups in our society before, during and after a crisis by focusing on ‘what matters’.
Kristy and I also talk about knowledge creation, transfer and exchange. Kristy defines impact very clearly and discusses why research can and should have an impact. Kristy explains why Art and Social Sciences are as important as other branches of Science for our community wellbeing. Kristy advocates for ‘more research and more funding for research in things that people fundamentally value in their lives that goes beyond the economic dollar value’.
Finally, Kristy provides some hope for what the world might look like after the COVID-19 crisis.
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