What Really Motivates Researchers to Make Real-World Impact?

A recent survey of more than 1,000 social and behavioral scientists reveals to what extent researchers are motivated to make their work impactful outside of academia and how the leadership at their institutions incentivize and reward (or not) that kind of effort. In a highly interactive presentation, we will reveal the responses to this survey, polling audience members and comparing audience expectations with the survey responses from researchers. A discussion amongst panelists and audience members that follows will address:

How researchers feel about making impact on society and what they think their peers feel

How publisher metrics may or may not reflect the aims of researchers and where this use and its motivations might be misaligned

The role that others in the scholarly ecosystem play in motivating researchers to make impact

What technologies exist to support publishers who want to enable the creation of impactful research