Valuing humanities: Rethinking the humanities-impact landscape in Denmark.

Globally, the issue of research impact has grown as governments articulate policies around research as a contributor to economic and societal development, often through an econometric justification. This has triggered much discussion amongst humanities scholars in public formally-reasoned peer-revie...

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Published in:Arts & Humanities in Higher Education Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 287 - 308
Main Authors: McAlpine, Lynn, Gibson, Andrew G, Bengtsen, Søren SE, DeLaquil, Tessa
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Oct2024
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          Gibson, Andrew G
          Bengtsen, Søren SE
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        academics' perspectives
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        individual-structural space-time framework
        societal impact
      ab: Globally, the issue of research impact has grown as governments articulate policies around research as a contributor to economic and societal development, often through an econometric justification. This has triggered much discussion amongst humanities scholars in public formally-reasoned peer-reviewed texts that are rarely empirically-based. This Denmark-based empirical study used an individual biographical and historical structural framework to explore how humanities academics in face-to-face semi-formal interactive interviews viewed this issue. The results highlighted a nuanced understanding of what we call the humanities-impact landscape, with three potential interactions falling along a continuum suggesting further inquiry is warranted. The study contributes a rich tapestry of the interwoven individual and structural elements at play when academics articulate how they locate themselves within the landscape, ones that might not be seen in more conceptual arguments.
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