COVER; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The social sciences in modern research; PART I: How Academics Achieve External Impacts; 2. Social scientists' pathways to impact; 3. Modelling the determinants of social science impacts; 4. Comparing individuals' impacts; PART II: The Demand for Social Science Research; 5. Business and the corporate sector; 6. Government and public policy making; 7. Civil society organizations and the third sector; 8. The media and public engagement; PART III: Patterns of Knowledge and Impacts; 9. The dynamic knowledge inventory and research mediation10. Social science for a digital era; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.