Research impact unpacked? A social science agenda for critically analyzing the discourse of impact and informing practice

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Pardoe, Simon ^a  

^a PublicSpace Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; ESRC impact toolkit; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Recontextualization; Research communication; Research dissemination guide; Research impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907284594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014529774     Document Type: Article

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