Social and Political Impact through Communicative Methodology

Abstract

Research in social sciences and humanities (SSH) have suffered a crisis since its utility and impact in the citizenry has been questioned. This questioning appears at a European level, but also worldwide. In this framework, the 7th Framework Program from the European Commission (EC) approved the project “IMPACT-EV: Evaluating the Impact and Outcomes of EU SSH Research.” The main objective of this project is to define a monitoring and evaluation system of scientific policy and social impact in SSH research. The project is following a communicative methodology, identified as one of the more successful methodologies to reach social and political impact. In this article, we show three examples of political and social impact reached through research conducted with communicative methodology and working with the Roma community.