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    Impact with Research – communicating impact to enhance your career

     

    General

    Learn how to create real-world impact from your research! 

    If you are like most researchers, you are motivated by the thought that your research will make a real difference — inside academia and out in the world. You want your research to have value, meaning, and purpose. But what does it look like in practice? And what career paths are available to you after completing your doctoral studies that will allow you to achieve an impact with your research?

    This is a professional development training course for researchers that aim to enhance and strengthen their skills in exploring and communicating their own impact, as well as gain skills and resources for career progression, both inside and outside academia, and perhaps even mixing the two.

     

    Course Content

    During the course, you will learn the essentials of creating impact with your research. You will discover various ways in which research can have impact, learn key skills to help you identify and communicate the value of your research and engage with stakeholders, and become aware of key resources in the surrounding ecosystem for your support. 

    The course is composed of four 3-hour sessions, each dedicated to a topic. The pedagogy is experiential, hands-on learning which exposes participants (as far as possible) to opportunities to creating impact with research. Each session mixes lectures, discussions, workshops, “fireside” panels, teamwork and guided exercises to make sure the participants apply the lessons to their own research. 


    Learning Objectives

    During this course, you will learn the essentials of creating impact with research: 

    ·        What & why: Deepen your understanding of research impact and its importance 

    ·        How: Learn to better identify the potential impact of your research 

    ·        How: Learn to better identify the beneficiaries, end-users, and stakeholders of your research 

    ·        How: Learn to engage the stakeholders of your research for impact and research quality 

    ·        How: Learn to communicate effectively the potential impact of your research to non-expert audiences 

    ·        How: Discover various pathways to research impact and resources in the surrounding ecosystem for your support

     

    Course Program & Trainers

    Please find the detailed course program in the Program Schedule. Mandatory contact sessions are on the following days, in Room U356, Otakaari 1, Espoo:

    ·        Tue 10.5.2022 from 15:15 to 18:00

    ·        Tue 17.5.2022 from 15:15 to 18:00

    ·        Tue 24.5.2022 from 15:15 to 18:00 (Room U119)

    ·        Tue 31.5.2022 from 15:15 to 18:00

     

    Below are experts who will join us in the sessions:

    Dr. Eira Seppälä, Head of Research Collaboration and IPR, Innovation & Venturing, Business Technology, at Fortum.

    Dr. Perttu Kähäri, Professor of Practice, Aalto University. Entrepreneur & Board Member.

    Dr. Ivan Zubarov, Co-founder & Head of R&D at Neubit. Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience at Aalto University.

    Dr. Anna Rissanen, Director at Aalto University, OtaNano National Research Infrastructure

     

    Workload & Course Grading

    For 2 ECTS, the course workload is 55 hours. The course will be graded as pass/fail. Requirements for a passing grade are:

      • Attendance (75% = minimum of three of the four sessions)
      • Completed readings, media, and exercises (pre-assignments, weekly and post-assignments)

     

    Course Registration

    The course is open to all Aalto doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers who have a research topic and a written research plan. Participants without Aalto study rights, please be in touch with the teachers and we will give you instructions. This is pending 25.3.2022. 


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    Contact Information

    Course instructors from Aalto Ventures Program:

      • Paul Savage, DSc (Econ.): paul.savage@aalto.fi 
      • Anna Dementyeva, MA (Entrepreneurship Education): anna.dementyeva@aalto.fi

    All course sessions will be held live on Aalto University campus, in room U356 “Alma Media”, Otakaari 1 (a.k.a. Kandidaattikeskus building)., or U119 on May 24th.