What is the purpose of the Research and Impact group?
The group provides a platform to inspire and support archaeological research across the commercial, academic and community sectors. It acts as a forum for collaboration, discussion and information exchange where pure and applied research interests naturally coalesce.
We seek to promote and highlight good practice to ensure that datasets are collected and analysed within the context of secure research frameworks to ensure that the results can withstand rigorous peer-review.
Aims
The aims of the group are:
- promote high quality archaeological research, standards and good practice whatever the scale and nature of intervention within the historic environment.
- encourage and support the formulation of research agendas to underpin standards and good practice.
- encourage dissemination of research findings in formats appropriate to individual projects, that creates maximum impact both within the historic environment sector and where appropriate, wider social, economic and political spheres.
- encourage writing and publication as a vehicle to personal and professional development and career progression.
- create collaborative networks between professional, academic and community-led archaeologists.
- facilitate the dissemination of information regarding research funding and project opportunities.
Who can join the group?
Everyone is welcome to join the Research and Impact Special Interest Group. It is specifically relevant to those interested in contributing to research and theoretical archaeology.
Join the Group
Membership of the group is free to CIfA members. Non-CIfA members will need to pay an annual £10 fee.
You can also use groups [at] archaeologists.net to get in touch with the committee.
Twitter: follow @CIfA_RIG on twitter
Facebook: like our group's page on Facebook
Committee
Evelyne Godfrey (Chair)
Katerina Vavaliou
John Halsted
Marianne Moedlinger
Please note this group has a vacancy for a volunteer treasurer and secretary. If you would like to stand for the role, please have a read of the role descriptions below and get in touch with Megan groups [at] archaeologists.net.
Secretary role description (PDF)
Treasurer role description (PDF)
Committee member role description (PDF)
Specialist competence matrix
The specialist matrix is to assist applicants and the Validation committee to see where you demonstrate the grade applied for when working in Academia and research.
Forthcoming events
For information about upcoming events, please visit our event calendar.
Previous events
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The 2020 AGM took place morning of 10 June Online. Andrea Burgess stood down from the committee and Evelyne Godfrey joined the committee and Jane Evans, Dana Goodburn-Brown and David Petts were co-opted on as ordinary committee members, James Alborne took the role of Treasurer for the group.
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The 2017 Annual General meeting took place on Friday 21 April at the CIfA 2017 Conference in Newcastle during the break at the group's session 'Maximising the research potential from infrastructure projects'. David Petts stood down as Chair but remains on the committee. Andy Howard was elected as Chair. Natasha Powers stood down from the committee.
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Collaborating for better research day conference - The day aimed to draw together a variety of experiences of working on some of the most exciting current collaborative projects and discussed how to maximise the outputs and impact of such projects.
For abstracts and recordings of the presentations from the speakers please click here
Three-year plan
To be updated soon.
AGM minutes
To be updated soon.
Committee minutes
To be updated soon.
