Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub.

Claire Ingram; Jennifer Alison Chubb; Claire Boardman; Marian Ursu

Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub.

Claire Ingram, Jennifer Alison Chubb, Claire Boardman, Marian Ursu

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper presents an experience report of Digital Creativity Labs
(DC Labs), an ‘impact hub’ created at the University of York in the
UK. The impact hub is dedicated to fostering impactful collaborations between practitioners and researchers in the world of games,
interactive media and the rich space in which these converge. In
this paper we describe how the impact hub works and the activities
undertaken to build a culture of academic entrepreneurship that
allows academic researchers to understand the goals of external
partners and align with them. We also present some illustrative
case studies before proposing initial lessons learned from experiences of the Lab. Multi-disciplinary academic teams can generate
excellent impact, but this doesn’t happen automatically. A culture
of entrepreneurship is needed, and opportunities must be created
for researchers to tackle problems jointly. Effort must be put into
maintaining collaborations with partners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	In IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW’20), May 23–29, 2020, Seoul, Re- public of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2020

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Ingram, C., Chubb, J. A., Boardman, C., & Ursu, M. (2020). Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub. In In IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW’20), May 23–29, 2020, Seoul, Re- public of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages: 7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice ACM. https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/160022/1/AnImpactHubCaseStudyRevisedCameraReady.pdf

Ingram, Claire ; Chubb, Jennifer Alison ; Boardman, Claire et al. / Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub. In IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW’20), May 23–29, 2020, Seoul, Re- public of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages: 7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice. ACM, 2020.

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Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub. / Ingram, Claire ; Chubb, Jennifer Alison; Boardman, Claire et al.
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Ingram C , Chubb JA, Boardman C, Ursu M. Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub. In In IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW’20), May 23–29, 2020, Seoul, Re- public of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages: 7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice. ACM. 2020