Abstract
Research is increasingly under the spotlight to demonstrate impact as well as ‘World Class’ quality. Impact measures were introduced into the United Kingdom’s Research Excellence Framework in 2014, and are being adopted in other countries. However, impact is a concept that is both loosely applied and often contested. It needs unpacking to build understanding about how it can be effectively evaluated. This article uses findings from a subsample of 1309 research-based case studies in leadership, governance and management submitted to the Research Excellence Framework. The mixed-method study used Complex Adaptive Systems as a lens to explore perspectives of impact as a consequence of research, as a process and as an emerging concept. We describe some of the rich patterns of impact practices, mechanisms for exchange, connections with context, and types of measures, used to evidence impact. The article helps to illuminate the complexity of impact and implications for its evaluation.
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