Research can be a slow burn, it takes time, and the impact and benefits from research won’t always be realised straight away.

As discovered throughout the Impact at UTS podcast, research with impact involves long term relationship building and ongoing engagement with research partners, be that industry, government or community.

But even researchers can get impatient. What if you want your work to create change in the world right now? How do you go about it?

In the final episode of Impact at UTS we hear from Professor Thalia Anthony, a Law Professor who is leading in her field when it comes to translating her research into real world impact. She discusses impact strategies including time management, being media savvy and the ethics of collaborating, particularly when you are just starting out.

We’ll also hear from Professor Kate Barclay, a FASS marine social scientist who provides some valuable advice on securing research funding outside of traditional funding schemes.

And to conclude the series, we’re going to get some pearls of wisdom from UTS research rock stars who have accumulated decades of evidence and insights on conducting impact-led research. They share some parting thoughts for early career researchers.

Research Engagement and Impact Support at UTS

It’s important to know that you don’t need to undertake your research impact journey on your own. There is support for you at UTS, including from your Faculty Research Engagement Manager (FREM) or equivalent professional staff member. In episode seven we hear from Sarah Angus who outlines her role as a FREM and how she works with academics on funding and external research collaborations.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode seven of Impact at UTS

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Professor Thalia Anthony, UTS Faculty of Law and Core Member, SIC – Strengthening Indigenous Communities

Professor Kate Barclay, Professor of International Studies and Global Societies and Core Member at the UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation (CBSI)

Sarah Angus, Faculty Research Engagement Manager

Julian Zipparo, Executive Manager of Research Engagement at the UTS Research Office

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Associate Professor David Suggett, Climate Change Cluster

Distinguished Professor Claude Roux, Director of the Centre for Forensic Science

Distinguished Professor Gamini Dissanayake, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Distinguished Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and IT

Professor Michael Blumenstein, the Associate Dean (Research Strategy and Management) in the Faculty of Engineering & IT

Dr Paul Scully Power, Australia’s first astronaut and co-founder of The Ripper Group https://therippergroup.com/

Michele Rumsey, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development

Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, Head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS

Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS

Paddy Gibson, Senior Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Craig Longman, Deputy Director and Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.

Planning to deliver excellent research with impact can start off with the simple but powerful act of listening.

One group of researchers at UTS who are considered the best in their field for research impact and engagement, and pride themselves on their frank and fearless research and advocacy with the communities they serve, is the team at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, headed up by Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman.

In this episode of Impact at UTS, we find out what it means to centre Indigenous communities in research and why indigenous peoples’ interests, knowledge and experiences must always be at that centre of research methodologies and construction of knowledge about indigenous people.

We also hear from two non-indigenous senior researchers at Jumbunna, Paddy Gibson and Craig Longman, who share their experiences on collaborating with communities, and why it is essential that a self determination framework drives the research agenda when collaborating with First Nations people.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au or Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research 

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Featured in episode six of Impact at UTS

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Paddy Gibson, Senior Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Craig Longman, Deputy Director and Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Professor Thalia Anthony, UTS Faculty of Law and Core Member, SIC – Strengthening Indigenous Communities

Professor Kate Barclay, Professor of International Studies and Global Societies and Core Member at the UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation (CBSI)

Julian Zipparo, Executive Manager of Research Engagement, UTS Research Office

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research

In this episode of Impact at UTS we are breaking you out of your research silo to look at ways of collaborating across disciplines, as well with external partners.

What would happen if we as researchers were brave enough to leave the ‘safety net’ of our own disciplines?

In this episode you’ll hear from host Associate Professor Martin Bliemel the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation who is eager to demonstrate that transdisciplinarity is more than a buzzword but a way of thinking and doing research.

He is joined by Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, Head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS where they employ “frame creation”, an innovation-centred approach that applies “design thinking” to problem solving. Along with Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures who has spent 20 years working with academics across disciplines to become an expert in wrangling different minds and perspectives to create groundbreaking and impactful research.

These three UTS scholars examine the pleasures and pitfalls of co-designing research, debunk myths about transdisciplinary collaborations, and provide advice on creating a space for complex collaboration. As well as consider what it means for the future of research design if no one research field has the solution to the world’s wicked problems.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode five of Impact at UTS:

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, Head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS

Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.