In a blog post for the London School of Economics and Social Policy titled ‘Lessons from civil society: how a ‘Theory of Change’ can help tell a bigger impact story,’ Andy Martin, Director of strategy consulting firm Firetail, expands on the three questions he says academics should ask themselves when thinking about the impact of their research to help form a broader understanding of how their work operates beyond reductive measurables:

  1. How does change happen?
  2. Where does change happen?
  3. What’s my role in making change happen?