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Voluntary and Charitable
These case studies highlight where researchers have worked with partners in the third sector which includes charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises. Engaging such stakeholders in research, will help ensure it has greater relevance and generate impact for society and the economy.
Professor Irene Hardill:
is Director of the Northumbria Centre for Civil Society and Citizenship. Her research has sought to understand volunteer motivation and the role of volunteers in voluntary and community sector organisations. Integral to achieving impact and also opening up new research opportunities is engaging with users such as the Disability Rights Commission and Age UK. Coverage by the media from an ESRC press release has also opened up new opportunities.
Professor Cathy Pharoah:
is from the ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP). Stakeholder engagement with policy and practice is at the heart of the centre’s objectives and CGAP has worked hard to develop a national and international network of relationships. Part of the centre’s desired long term impact is to identify and to demonstrate to charities, big and small, how good research can benefit them
Professor Rhodri Williams:
from the University of Swansea changed the direction of his research from the rheology of industrial engineering fluids to rheology of blood coagulation through a chance meeting. As a result, Swansea is now seen as a world-leading centre in this field and him and his colleagues have two spin-out two companies, and are having a clinical impact in local hospitals. He now regularly engages with a wide variety of users including the general public, as the feedback he receives from them has been invaluable to his research.
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