The Eu-SPRI 2023 Conference draft programme is available to view here.
We will soon share the final programme including further details.
Wednesday 14 June
Keynote Speech
Feet on the ground and head in the clouds: can we be both pragmatic and ambitious for research with impact?
Kathryn Oliver
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of London
Since 2012, Kathryn has worked in public health, sociology and engineering departments to study the production, mobilisation and use of evidence in policy. Since 2019, she has been seconded to the UK government to advise and test approaches to promote evidence use in policy using the Areas of Research Interest, which are statements of knowledge need published by UK government departments. With Annette Boaz, she directs the Transforming Evidence collaboration, a global initiative to promote cross-disciplinary learning and research about evidence production and use.
Thursday 15 June
Keynote Panel
Details to be announced shortly.
Friday 16 June
Keynote Debate
Motion for debate: The growing use of evaluation and analysis of impact has gone too far so that it is now damaging research
Leonie van Drooge
LvD Impact & Evaluation
Leonie van Drooge is an expert in governance, societal impact and evaluation of research. She has worked with and for research performing organisations, research funding organisations and research infrastructures. Since 2023 she is self-employed as LvD Impact & Evaluation. She has previously worked at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University and the Rathenau Instituut.
Ben Martin
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU),
University of Sussex Business School
Ben Martin is Professor of Science and Technology Policy Studies at SPRU, where he was previously Director. He has carried out research for 40 years in the field of science policy. Since 2004, he has been Editor of Research Policy, and is also the 1997 winner of the de Solla Price Medal for Science Studies.
Debate Chair
Paul Nightingale
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU),
University of Sussex Business School
Paul Nightingale is Associate Dean for Research at the University of Sussex Business School, and a professor of strategy within SPRU – the Science Policy Research Unit. He was formerly the Director of Research for the ESRC within UKRI, the main funder of social science research in the UK. He is editor of Research Policy and works closely with Government and industry on various policy, strategy and management activities related to innovation, science, finance and economic development.