Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
Director, Natural Capital Challenge Centre, Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at SRUC | Impact training @fasttrackimpact.bsky.social (he/him). Get my new book: https://www.routledge.com/The-Research-Impact-Handbook/Reed/p/book/9781041014829 .. more
Director, Natural Capital Challenge Centre, Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at SRUC | Impact training @fasttrackimpact.bsky.social (he/him). Get my new book: https://www.routledge.com/The-Research-Impact-Handbook/Reed/p/book/9781041014829
Mark C Reed is an American academic administrator who is the 25th president of Loyola University of Chicago in Chicago. Prior to his tenure at Loyola, Reed served as the first lay president of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. .. more
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Social Sciences Impact Conference 2026
www.socsci.ox.ac.uk
Book now for this year's Social Sciences Impact Conference in Oxford this March - the theme is on navigating uncertainty to create change www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-confe...
agritrop.cirad.fr
Useful tool to help researchers manage power in engagement processes (developed for conservation, but relevant across contexts) agritrop.cirad.fr/616368/1/Pow...
Thanks to such inspiring speakers and everyone who contributed to the discussion today! Here are the slides from the event www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3l99e...
Reinforcing
The European Platform for Open and Responsible R&I Practices
reinforcing.eu
Free training on participatory methods relevant to engagement and impact from EU-funded REINFORCING Project (3 Feb) - book here: reinforcing.eu/news/reinfor...
Co-author a paper with me and other leaders in impact, to shape the future of the field. By working with people from different disciplines, outside academia and from around the world, I want to build a future agenda for impact that changes how governments and HE pursues impact.
To launch the Third Edition of my impact handbook, I'm hosting a workshop with foundational and disruptive figures in the global impact field to reflect on the future of the impact agenda.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
Last chance to book your place to hear from thought leaders in research impact and co-author a paper with us on the future of the impact agenda. This will be my last message to promote this, as we already have >200 booked, which is a lot of co-authors if you all want to write!
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 23
Get 20% off the new 3rd edition of The Research Impact Handbook www.routledge.com/The-Research...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 14
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This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and evidence-based book I've seen on social media for research impact and it's free via Routledge Books here scholar.google.co.uk/scholar_url?...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 10
Evaluating ChatGPT for research impact assessment: comparative insights from the UK REF - Scientometrics
This study assesses the capacity of a custom research evaluation tool built on OpenAI’s GPT-4, implemented through the ChatGPT interface, to replicate the qualitative depth and structure of the United...
link.springer.com
Lots of us have tried this and reached the same conclusion, but now someone has written a paper about the fact that ChatGPT can't write impact case studies for REF link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 5
The blog suggests a step-by-step way to run photovoice in practice and argues that impact here is what lasts: the quieter shifts in what people notice, how they move through places and what they talk about afterwards, whether or not this fits standard metrics.
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 5
- Researchers recognise that who they are shapes what they can know
- Ethics approval and consent are treated as a starting point, not the end
- Ethics approval and consent are treated as a starting point, not the end
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 5
- Participants decide what to show, how to tell it and how images are shared
- Refusal and ambiguity are treated as meaningful, not as gaps in the data
- Refusal and ambiguity are treated as meaningful, not as gaps in the data
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 5
Louisa's work with East and Southeast Asian women in Scottish cities, uses feminist photovoice to surface everyday experiences of visibility, safety and care in public spaces:
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Dec 5
www.fasttrackimpact.com
My new blog with Louisa Gilchrist delves into a method that can change who shapes impact, what is made visible, and how long that impact lasts...
www.fasttrackimpact.com/post/we-are-...
www.fasttrackimpact.com/post/we-are-...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 30
How should policy actors respond to buzzwords? Three ways to deal with policy ambiguity - Policy Sciences
Policy Sciences -
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New paper by @paulcairney.bsky.social explores three options for dealing with the latest buzzword in your field: define, deliberate and do link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 30
When there's a new policy buzzword everyone is jumping on, that connects with your research, should you "provide broad direction, deliberate to tailor policy to new contexts, or carry on regardless"?
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 27
The last paper I workshoped like this won "best paper" award and is gaining citations rapidly, but I'm hoping for more real-world impact from this endeavour...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 27
To launch the Third Edition of my impact handbook, I'm hosting a workshop with foundational and disruptive figures in the global impact field to reflect on the future of the impact agenda.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
🤩 The Third Edition of The Research Impact Handbook is now available!
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
Co-author a paper with me and other leaders in impact, to shape the future of the field. By working with people from different disciplines, outside academia and from around the world, I want to build a future agenda for impact that changes how governments and HE pursues impact.
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 25
Launching the third edition of The Research Impact Handbook
The third edition of The Research Impact Handbook has been released, building on its reputation as a practical guide for planning, delivering and evaluating impact. To mark this milestone, an internat...
www.fasttrackimpact.com
Find out more: www.fasttrackimpact.com/post/launchi...
Book your place (2-3 pm, 22 Jan 2026): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future...
Book your place (2-3 pm, 22 Jan 2026): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 25
🤩 The Third Edition of The Research Impact Handbook is now available!
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
buff.ly
To launch the Third Edition of my impact handbook, I'm hosting a workshop with foundational and disruptive figures in the global impact field to reflect on the future of the impact agenda.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
Workshop attendees are invited to co-author an agenda-setting co-authored paper in Research Evaluation.
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 25
buff.ly
🤩 The Third Edition of The Research Impact Handbook is now available!
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
The updated volume offers clear guidance for strengthening the reach and application of research.
During the Routledge Black Friday sale, get 25% off! Valid until 2 December.
📚 www.routledge.com/The-Research...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 16
What types of LIS research are preferred in evidence-informed public policy development? Investigating differences in policy citations of Review Articles and Original Research - Cuihua Li, Qianjin Zon...
Academic research, including library and information science (LIS) studies, cited as evidence for public policy development, is becoming increasingly prevalent....
journals.sagepub.com
More evidence that review articles are used more widely than original research articles to inform policy, and yet so the academic incentives are for original research journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 14
The Researcher’s Guide to Influencing Policy : Reed, Mark S.: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy The Researcher’s Guide to Influencing Policy 1 by Reed, Mark S. (ISBN: 9781032799995) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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20% off my book, The Researcher's Guide to Influencing Policy, on Amazon at the moment www.amazon.co.uk/Researchers-...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 10
Reinforcing
The European Platform for Open and Responsible R&I Practices
www.reinforcing.eu
Free workshop: co-creation approaches in research (run by the EU-funded REINFORCING Project)
📅 Date: Tuesday 2 December 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00–17:00 CET
Find out more and register: www.reinforcing.eu/news/reinfor...
📅 Date: Tuesday 2 December 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00–17:00 CET
Find out more and register: www.reinforcing.eu/news/reinfor...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 10
(based on counterfactual-based impact evaluation methods for assessing the impact of conservation projects, but relevant to many types of projects seeking to evaluate their impact). Thanks to Society for Conservation Biology for developing this tool!
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Nov 10
Interactive Methods Selection by scb-impact
A decision framework tool for impact evaluation in conservation
scb-impact.itch.io
New interactive impact evaluation tool helps you choose the best method based on the context of your research, including types of data produced, timescales and project scales scb-impact.itch.io/interactive-...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Oct 27
Policy Options in Peatland Conservation and Restoration: A Review of the UNEP Global Peatlands Assessment and Future Strategy for Global Governance | Published in Mires and Peat
By Rosie Gearey, Mark S. Reed & 8 more. Article 32.25: Formulates three overarching recommendations to assist nations in improving effectiveness of their contributions within international and global ...
www.mires-and-peat.net
3. Support locally led restoration, ensure fair benefit sharing, and build capacity for monitoring and adaptive management.
Read the paper (PDF): www.mires-and-peat.net/article/1461...
Read the paper (PDF): www.mires-and-peat.net/article/1461...
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Oct 25
1. Align national laws and international commitments, clarify responsibilities across agencies, and strengthen reporting
2. Prioritise long-term funding, de-risk private investment, and link payments to measured outcomes
2. Prioritise long-term funding, de-risk private investment, and link payments to measured outcomes
Professor Mark Reed
@profmarkreed.com
· Oct 25
New paper led by Rosie Geary with colleagues from the chapter I led in UNEP's Global Peatlands Assessment, integrating assessment findings with new literature to highlight options to improve peatland policy and practice around the world: