Aligning societal needs and research priorities in a place-based university

It's difficult to show explicitly how academic research impacts specific societal outcomes. The University of Tasmania and Elsevier have worked together to build a prioritization framework to assess and align societal needs and academic capability. With support from the ICSR research team, the project on amplifying and measuring societal impact in Tasmania employed mapping strategic importance and ability to influence as a framework for developing better pathways to impact.