There is much current interest in how impacts of research
on the wider economy and society can be analysed and
documented, despite many methodological and practical
challenges. This briefing reports on findings from a JISC/
NCCPE funded project which tried to get to grips with some of
these challenges. The projects used a framework developed
by Sarah Morton – a knowledge exchange professional and
impact analyst at The University of Edinburgh, to assess the
impact of particular social action research developed by the
Centre for Social Action (CSA) at De Montfort University, led
by Jennie Fleming. The project focused on two case-studies;
one of which looked at the de-institutionalisation of childcare
in the Ukraine and is the focus of in this briefing.