Research and scholarship with impact: a British perspective

This article aims to consider how academics might increase the impact of their research on practitioners.

The author draws on UK research council guidance and his experience of researching and working with practitioners to inform the discussion.

Maximising the impact of research on practitioners should not be a requirement. Issues that are critical to enhancing impact are highlighted for those who choose to see this as an important goal.

Research impact is becoming an increasingly prominent goal of research policy in the UK and elsewhere in the world but has not yet generated much discussion in the hospitality and tourism literatures.