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Preparing case studies for impact within SEP (2021-2027)
Every six years, on a rolling basis, Dutch universities and research institutes are evaluated according to the Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP). Based on the experiences with... -
Thinking About my Impact and Engagement: A Worksheet
What does making positive societal impact mean to you? How do you map current and potential partners and beneficiaries? How to align your work to their needs? This workshop... -
Impact Activities Catalogue
This catalogue describes key societal impact activities undertaken by university staff in the areas of research, education, and engagement. These activities have the explicit... -
Impact Strategy Development: Organisational Goals
This tool supports the development and monitoring of impact goals for organisations, particularly those relating to organisational changes within academic units that can foster... -
Proximity Lens on Structural Collaborations: A Method for Impact Assessment
This resource provides a description of ‘proximities’ in impact assessment, building on Boschma (2005) and Knoben & Oerlemans (2006). Proximity dimensions provide a lens to... -
Impact Strategy Development Toolkit
This tool outlines the process and useful tools for developing school-level impact strategies. It guides you through the strategy development journey, from the initial... -
Impact Strategy Development: Discovering your Current Organisational Landscape
This tool guides the research process of discovering a school’s organisational impact landscape as one of the steps when developing an impact strategy. It includes sample... -
Evaluating Student Impact Capacity: A Guidebook for Teachers
This guidebook is designed to assist course coordinators in evaluating students’ impact capacity in their courses. It contains the definition of students’ impact capacity and a... -
Productive Interactions (SIAMPI): A Method for Impact Assessment
This resource informs readers about the SIAMPI framework for impact assessment introduced by Spaapen and Van Drooge (2011), enriched with the experiences of the Evaluating... -
Theory of Change (ToC): A Method for Impact Planning and Assessment
Theory of Change (ToC) is a formative, process-based evaluation method that is most often used to inform or improve project planning. This is a description of the framework... -
Impact indicators - overview and selection menu
The tool Impact indicators - overview and selection menu was designed by the Evaluating Societal Impact (ESI) strategic project at Erasmus University Rotterdam for academics and... -
Impact Strategy Development: Questions Bank and Interview Guide
The tool ‘Impact Strategy Development: Questions Bank and Interview Guide’ consists of (1) a three step interview guide and (2) an Excel file with a questions bank to use and... -
Flows of Knowledge: A Method for Impact Assessment
The Flows of Knowledge evaluation method, as introduced by Meagher, Lyall and Nutley (2008) and described in Edwards and Meagher (2020), provides a framework for assessing the... -
Building Impact Stories: An Inspirational Guide for Communicators
This guide is designed to assist (external) communication professionals in articulating the societal impact of university activities, projects and initiatives stemming from the... -
Impact Toolbox
The Impact Toolbox by the Evaluating Societal Impact project is a catalogue of tools and methods that helps university staff select resources for a structured approach to... -
Journey of Progress – Theory of Change card game
“Journey of Progress” is a tool developed by the Evaluating Societal Impact (ESI) strategic project at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The tool empowers and enables projects,...
