Enhancing Research Visibility through Social Media (CIMR Debates and Workshops in Public Policy)
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Online
Join the Centre for Innovation Management Research on Friday 25 February for the online debate: Enhancing Research Visibility through Social Media.
The online debate is part of the CIMR Debates and Workshops in Public Policy series.
Speakers
- Dr Bex Hewett, Associate Professor in HRM, Rotterdam School of Management
- Professor Brian Harney, DCU Business School, Dublin
Chair
- Doyin Olorunfemi, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Birkbeck University of London
ABSTRACT
It has become increasingly important to disseminate the quality research undertaken in academic institutions to the general public. In this way, research can be put into practice more quickly, benefiting not just the practitioner, but informing researchers of future research directions, as observed through the application of previous work.
At the same time, we have witnessed the growth in Social Media being used as a means of communicating en-masse, which then necessitates the need for academics and researchers to employ it as a means of engaging with their intended audiences. There is, however, a need to have a good understanding of how this means of giving visibility to research for impact purposes is done effectively and efficiently.
Our focus at this event will be the use of Twitter and LinkedIn, with other Social Media outlets discussed as alternative means.
BIOGRAPHIES
Brian Harney BA (Hons), MBS, PhD (Cambridge), MCIPD is Professor in Strategy & HRM at DCU Business School where he is founder and Programme Director of the BSc in Digital Business & Innovation and former Programme Director of the award-winning MSc in HRM (gradIreland Best Postgraduate Course 2016).
Brian’s research focuses on the intersection of Strategy and HRM, with a particular focus on SMEs, growth and knowledge-intensive sectors. His research has received over 15 Best Paper awards and is widely published. Brian is the author of several books including Strategy and Strategists (Oxford University Press) and edited collections The Global Case Book (Routledge), Reframing HRM in SMEs (Palgrave Macmillan) and Strategic HRM: Research and Practice in Ireland (Blackhall/Orpen).
Dr Bex Hewett is an Associate Professor in HRM at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management of Rotterdam School of Management. Her research focuses on the interface between HR practices and people's everyday experiences at work. She believes passionately that HR should help people to experience positive working lives whilst also benefiting organisational effectiveness. She has published her work in outlets such as the Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management Review and Human Relations.
Bex is Associate Editor (Communications) of the Human Resource Management Journal where her role is to enhance the impact of the journal and research featured in it through communication channels. Her own research has been featured in traditional media outletsincluding The Telegraph, Times Higher Education, Time Magazine, and Forbes.
Bex studied for her PhD part-time at Birkbeck in the Department of Organisational Psychology. Prior to her academic career, she worked for 10 years as an HR professional, finally as Head of HR Operations at Ofcom (the UK's communications regulator.
Doyin Olorunfemi is a PhD student and member of the Centre for Innovation Management and Research. Her research focuses on the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and competence in women who enact entrepreneurial intention through selling, and their progression to venture formation.
Doyin is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Birkbeck Department of Management and teaches on several undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including leading the UG Business Projects module. Her role at CIMR is to increase awareness of CIMR amongst current students and alumni through regular events and other initiatives that support this.
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