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Impact, the REF and the Digital Humanities

Simon Tanner

Department of Digital Humanities,

King’s College London

Twitter: @SimonTanner

19/03/2015 09:54 ENC Public Talk 19 February 2013 1

Digital Humanities:

the application of digital technology to humanities disciplines

reflection upon the impact of digital media upon humanity

> 50 academic & research staff

~ £2.5 million research income per annum

> 5 million digital objects, 130+projects

200+million hits over 5 years: 2009-2013

www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/

Reason 1: digital humanities digital research resources are recognised

Reason 2: digital humanities enhances the research environment

Reason 3: digital humanities has impact

3 Reasons to say YES to DH

http://simon-tanner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/3-reasons-ref2014-was-good-for-digital.html

DDH submitted with Culture, Media & Creative Industries as a single Unit of Assessment to the REF Panel 36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management. 67 UoA in that Panel.Together, we submitted 35 staff to REF2014, including six early career staff and a total of 119 research outputs including journal articles, edited books, authored books and digital research resources and online content.

Impact case studies: 90% 4*, 10% 3* Research Environment: 100% 4*Research Outputs: 69% 4* and 3*; 31% 1* and 2*

Ranking based on Grade Point Average: 8th of 67 Research Power ranking: 1st

Note: research power ranking takes into account how many submissions were made, because DDH/CMCI together submitted over 30 staff and scored highly in 3* and 4* (particularly in impact and research environment) we jumped over smaller Departments/UoAs that were submitted.

Dept of Digital Humanities REF performance

www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/newsrecords/2014/Digital-Humanities-CMCI-REF.aspx

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www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/us-art.html

Charging Models & Rights Strategy for Images in Museums

Planning for Impact

Cause and Effect

Planning for Impact

Impact Assessment: DPSIR

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www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

The Balanced Value Impact Model

“the measurable outcomes arising from the existence of a digital

resource that demonstrate a change in the life or life opportunities

of the community”

www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/impact.html

Economic Impact• Direct impacts occur when additional demand for a unit

generates a corresponding unit of output

(e.g. a chair for sale)

• Indirect impacts arise as demand for materials and fuels used

to create that unit of output generates, in turn, outputs in other

industries, e.g. wood, steel, paint, fabric, electricity, gas, and

services used in furniture production.

• Induced impacts are felt as increases in compensation of

employees lead to increased spending on goods and services

in the economy.

@SimonTanner

Impact, the REF and the Digital Humanities

Simon Tanner

Department of Digital Humanities,

King’s College London

Twitter: @SimonTanner

19/03/2015 09:54 ENC Public Talk 19 February 2013 16