Deliverable D4.1 – Practices evaluation and mapping: Meth- ods, tools and user needs OPENing UP new methods, indicators and tools for peer re- view, impact measurement and dissemination of research re- sults Project acronym: OpenUP Grant Agreement no. 710722 Deliverable/Milestone information Deliverable number and name D4.1: Practices evaluation and mapping: Methods, tools and user needs Submission date 31 May 2017 Delivery 31 May 2017 Work Package 4 Lead Partner for deliverable KNOW Authors Peter Kraker, Rainer Bachleitner, Viltė Banelytė, Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi, Daniela Luzi, Roberta Ruggieri, Elec- tra Sifacaki, Vilius Stanciauskas, Michela Vignoli, Map- pet Walker Reviewers Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer, Eleni Toli Approved by All partners Dissemination level Public Version 1.0 OpenUP – 7107220 Deliverable D4.1 – Practices evaluation and mapping Table 1. 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(http://europa.eu.int/) Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Interna- tional License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2 OpenUP – 7107220 Deliverable D4.1 – Practices evaluation and mapping Table of Contents Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Summary............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Scope, Objectives and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Working Definitions and Models ...................................................................................................................................... 9 2. Literature Review................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Theories and models .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Theories and models behind conceptual dissemination frameworks ....................................................... 11 2.1.2 Dissemination beyond academia: from one-way to three-way communication ................................... 11 2.1.3 Dissemination as part of innovative scholarly communication ................................................................... 12 2.2 Empirical evidence on dissemination practices and gender-related topics ............................................... 13 2.2.1 Factors affecting public engagement by researchers ....................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Factors affecting engagement with science and technology by the general public.............................. 15 2.2.3 Gender .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 2.3 Guidelines and Dissemination Framework for European-funded research ............................................... 17 2.3.1 European Commission - Horizon 2020 ................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.2 OpenUP Dissemination Strategy ................................................................................................................................ 18 3. Survey ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.2 Sample Characteristics ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.1 Scientific discipline .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.2 Gender, career stage and organisation ................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.3 Research outputs ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 3.3 Highlights from the survey results on innovative dissemination.................................................................... 23 3.4 Detailed Findings ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 3.4.1 Importance of research dissemination to non-research audiences (Q3.1) ............................................. 23 3.4.2 Target audiences and how frequently they are targeted when disseminating research findings (Q3.2) ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.4.3 The start of research dissemination (Q3.3) .......................................................................................................... 26 3.4.3 Reasons to disseminate results (Q3.4) .................................................................................................................... 26 3.4.4 Channels, used most frequently to disseminate one’s own research and reach target groups (Q3.5) and Use of different dissemination channels as sources to inform researchers’ professional work (Q3.6) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 28 3.4.5 The attainability of key target groups (Q3.8) ....................................................................................................... 31 3.4.6 Factors that prevent a more effective dissemination through non-traditional dissemination channels (Q3.8.a) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 3 OpenUP – 7107220 Deliverable