Introduction, overview and Strategic Direction Presentation – Professor Mark Llewellyn
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Transcript of Introduction, overview and Strategic Direction Presentation – Professor Mark Llewellyn
AHRC ARMA Event 20 January 2012Introduction, Overview and AHRC’s
Future Strategic Direction
Professor Mark LlewellynDirector of Research
AHRC
Context: Funding Environment• CSR 2010
• AHRC Delivery Plan 2011-15
• Priorities outline:– Distinctiveness
– Strategic focus
– Contributing to economic growth and broader societal challenges
• Wide subject remit of AHRC
• Capacity and capabilities across core and developing areas
Context: AHRC Organisation• Move from three Directorates to two
– Programmes
– Resources
• Programmes Directorate– Director of Research
– Three Associate Directors
– Teams• A, B, C, D – disciplinary/award type based
• Knowledge Exchange
• International
• Peer Review, Careers and Training
• Public Policy
• ‘Business Process’ Team – working with SSC
AHRC Current Activities• Cross-Council Programmes
– Connected Communities (AHRC lead Council)
– LWEC
– Global Uncertainties: e.g. Leadership fellows, partnership with ESRC
• Emerging Themes– Care for the Future
– Science in Culture
– Digital Transformations
– Translating Cultures
• Commissioned Research
Overview of AHRC’s Themes
Languages &
Literature
Cultures & Heritage
Creative & Performing
Arts
Build on our world leading strengths through investing in transformative collaborative
research from across the full range of A&H disciplines (over 50 in total) addressing our
four core themes
Introduce a new mode of ‘commissioned’ research funding to respond nimbly/flexibly to strategic priorities, emerging areas, and cross-disciplinary, partnership or translational opportunities
Enhance our international leadership role and re-orientate collaborations to address our new strategic, thematic and translational priorities
History, thought & Belief
Provide leadership in developing path-breaking research in four strategic emerging challenges for arts and humanities research
Increasingly central role in inter-disciplinary cross-Council research on societal challenges
Lead new Programme on ‘Connected Communities’ and establish Centre for Copyright and New Business Models
Science in Culture
Translating Cultures
Care for the Future:
Thinking forward through the Past
Digital Transformations
in arts & Humanities
Living with Environmental
Change
Connected Communities
Global Uncertainties
Digital Economy
Lifelong Health & well-being
Postgraduate FundingBGP1 and BGP: Capacity Building
• BGP1 awards made in 2009 covering 5 PG cohorts
• BGP: CB awards made in 2011 covering 3 PG cohorts
BGP1 BGP:CB
Total number of BGP type
48 35
Number of consortia
1 10
Total number of ROs involved
49 49
BGP2
• Focus on doctoral funding
• Diversified training and skills development
• Coherence of vision and strategy for A+H researchers within different contexts
• Increased flexibility of funding profile
• Enhancement of ‘partnership’ role within, between and across ROs/cultural & creative partners/the AHRC as funder
Postgraduate Funding: CDAs and Training
• Collaborative Doctoral Awards
• Project Studentships
• PGR within KE Hubs
• International Placements Scheme– Library of Congress, Washington
– Huntington Library, California
– National Institutes for the Humanities, Japan
– Sarai, India
• Skills Development Call
KE Hubs for the Creative Economy
• Focusing budget
• KE as diversified across themes and programmes
• Significant strategic investment = £1m p.a. x 4 hubs for 4 years– Creative Exchange (Lancaster lead)
– Design in Action (Dundee lead)
– Creativeworks London (Queen Mary lead)
– REACT (UWE lead)
• A+H researchers actively engaged in research-based KE
Demand (and Expectation) Management
• Working with other Research Councils – Common principles
– Cross-Council Working Group
• Working with Research Organisations– Processes
– Using experience
– Sharing good practice
• Specific issues– Longer and larger expectation
– Schemes/activities within different programmes
‘Longer and Larger’/Other contexts
• Theme approaches
• ‘sandpits’
• Highlight notices/calls
• Scoping Studies & Research Reviews
• Fellowships
• Networks
• Leadership comes in many forms
International• Strong partnerships and engagements
– US
– India
– Europe e.g. HERA Cultural Encounters call
• Work with RCUK International Team
• Supporting researcher involvement/advocacy role– Digging into Data challenge
• Recognition of significance of AHRC as a funder in a global arts and humanities context– National Consultation Panel for Cultural Heritage and
Global Change: a new challenge for Europe
Peer Review • Peer Review College c.1300 members
– Areas within PRC, including Strategic Reviewers
– Panel membership drawn from PRC
• 2011 Recruitment Call– over 300 applications for membership
• Robust
• Efficient
• Quality driven
• Adaptable
• Openness to project type and context – e.g. cross-Council themes
Public Policy
• RCUK Concordat with DCLG– AHRC lead Council
• Policy seminars/other activities– FCO Prevention of Torture
– Cabinet Office and British Security Services
• Researcher involvement – Policy Fellowships
• A+H engagement with non-academic organisations
• Increasing opportunities and communication
ROS: Research Outcomes System
• Live from November 2011
• Different approaches in Research Organisations to population
• In first 6 weeks, 547 outputs recorded against 57 grants – e.g.– Journal articles = 196
– Book chapters = 56
– Books = 37