Ingram, Claire, Chubb, Jennifer Alison, Boardman, Claire et al. (1 more author) (2020) Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research: Experience Report from a University Impact Hub. In: In IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops (ICSEW’20), May 23–29, 2020, Seoul, Re- public of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages:7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice. ACM
Abstract
This paper presents an experience report of Digital Creativity Labs (DC Labs), an ‘impact hub’ created at the University of York in the UK. The impact hub is dedicated to fostering impactful collaborations between practitioners and researchers in the world of games, interactive media and the rich space in which these converge. In this paper we describe how the impact hub works and the activities undertaken to build a culture of academic entrepreneurship that allows academic researchers to understand the goals of external partners and align with them. We also present some illustrative case studies before proposing initial lessons learned from experiences of the Lab. Multi-disciplinary academic teams can generate excellent impact, but this doesn’t happen automatically. A culture of entrepreneurship is needed, and opportunities must be created for researchers to tackle problems jointly. Effort must be put into maintaining collaborations with partners.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2020 07:40 |
Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2024 00:15 |
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