Guests editors Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro, David A. Kirby and Alessandro Muscio invite you yo submit your paper to the special issue “The art and fiction of the societal impact of research” for Technovation journal.
Scope and focus of the special issue
- Societal impact of art on research stakeholders: To what extent is the use of art and artistic thought linked to innovation? What are the underlying mechanisms? Which kind of innovation does art achieve? Does it also affect collaborations between universities and other organisations?
- Societal impact of research through art: To what extent is the use of literary fiction and other cultural and artistic activities linked to societal impact of research? What are the underlying mechanisms? Which kind of academic researchers achieve societal impact through science communication?
- Societal impact of research in and on art. Does the quest for impact in research appear in literature, films, and pictorial art? Do these depictions speak well about the role played by research with impact on solving societal problems? To what extent can these portraits generate evidence of societal impact of research? Conversely, does science or public awareness of science have an impact on art?
Submissions System opens: 1 November 2023
Paper Submission Deadline: 1 March 2024
Full call at: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/technovation/about/call-for-papers
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