Course description
Investigating how research excellence is defined, and examining health research systems
This module will cover the social science of clinical research, the societal impact of research, and research partnerships. It will be arranged around two main themes. First, it will consider the place of research in society and the measurement and achievement of research excellence and research impact (both qualitatively in the case of narratives and quantitatively in metrics). It will also consider the socio-political context in which research excellence is defined and funding allocated. You will be introduced to different ways of assessing the research process and its outputs and consider how metrics might be selected strategically and harnessed proactively to achieve ethical goals.
The module will also critically explore the emergence and activities of multi-stakeholder health research systems (such as academic health sciences networks and biomedical research centres), including an introduction to theoretical models such as the triple helix (Etzkowitz) and ‘mode 2 knowledge production’ (Gibbons). Taking a critical STS (science and technology studies) perspective, the module will introduce you to ‘research on research’ using qualitative techniques.
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