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Most researchers are comfortable discussing their technical research identity — who they are as researchers and what contributions they hope to make to their discipline through their research over the course of their careers. It is far less common, however, for researchers to think about their impact identity — the lasting impacts they aspire to have within a specific community and on society through their broader impact work. By developing an impact identity, you no longer need to view each new proposal’s broader impacts statement as a ‘one-off’ activity, starting from scratch each time, but instead as an ongoing, incremental approach that continues to build on previous work toward your overarching societal impact goals.
This interactive workshop will introduce the concept of a broader impacts identity and walk investigators through a research-informed process for starting to define their BI identity. While any researcher is likely to benefit from this workshop, it is particularly relevant to early-career researchers as well as to broader impacts professionals who work with researchers and can play a crucial role in helping them develop their BI identities.
This event counts toward the Postdoctoral Professional Development Certificate (*RF)