led by Professor Norin Arshed, University of Strathclyde
This online workshop focuses on understanding impact and on how you could inform and influence government policy in your areas of research and expertise. In this session, we’ll dive into the crucial questions: What is impact, why is it important, and why should you start thinking about it now? Through a blend of lecture, discussions, and interactive exercises, you’ll explore the key aspects of impactful research, including how to align your work and methodology with broader policy, and stakeholder needs.
You’ll also learn practical skills to conduct research that has a tangible impact by carefully considering your methodology and working closely with relevant stakeholders. We’ll explore case studies, including Professor Arshed’s own work on Enterprise Policy for informing and influencing the Scottish Government.
This workshop will be divided into interactive segments, including:
- Understanding impact – a 1-hour lecture with discussion breaks.
- Breakout discussions on how to align impact with your research, tailored to your individual topics.
- Case study analysis and group exercises to finish.
This session is open to all PhD students, regardless of year, who are interested in learning how to make their PhD impactful. Professor Arshed’s work focuses on enterprise policy – the formulation, implementation and exploitation of the policy itself. She has been exploring women’s enterprise policy, unconventional entrepreneurship, scale-ups, the entrepreneurial ecosystem and contextual entrepreneurship. Much of her work draws on institutional theory.