Email us: info@ref.ac.uk Consultation on draft panel criteria and working methods Follow us on Twitter @REF_2021 Email us: info@ref.ac.uk Susan Hodgett, UoA25 Area Studies,

REF 2014- to 2021 Outputs 60% Impact 25% Environment 15% All staff with significant responsibility for research are returned to the REF/census date for staff will be 31 July 2020.No longer 4 outputs per person over period of REF but average of 2.5 per FTE. No. of outputs could range from 1-5. Portability of outputs in REF 2021, outputs may be submitted by both the institution employing the staff member on the census date and the originating institution where the staff member was previously employed (when the output was demonstrably generated). Impact case studies (now worth 25% not 20%). The initial threshold for impact case studies will be increased to 20 FTE (from 15 FTE). Submissions will include one case study, plus one further case study up to 20 FTE, after which one further case study will be required per 15 FTE. (Up to 19.99 is 2, 20 to 34.99 is 3, for 35 to 49.99 is 4 etc.) Open Access-relevant outputs to be deposited as soon after the point of acceptance as possible, and no later than three months after this date from 1 April 2018. Consultation closed noon, Monday 15 October. This will be accessed alongside this document at www.ref.ac.uk , under Publications.

UOA 25 Area Studies 132. Taking an inclusive view of Area Studies as a dynamic field, the sub-panel understands Area Studies broadly to include the study of all regions of the world, across any period of time, however defined, and the communities associated with them. As well as in terms of national territories, regions may be delineated in various ways, including by traditional geographical designations (e.g. African Studies, Latin American Studies); by ecological (e.g. Circumpolar Studies), geopolitical (e.g. Post-Soviet Studies) or institutional (e.g. European Union Studies) criteria; or in terms of themes, processes or networks (e.g. Diaspora Studies, Post-Colonial Studies, Gender Studies, Intercultural Studies). 133. The sub-panel has expertise across the humanities and social sciences, and welcomes work in any language from any single-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, empirical or theoretical perspective. It will assess submissions covering all, but not limited to, aspects of anthropology, history, heritages, languages and linguistics, cultures, literatures, religions, philosophy, media, society, economics, human geography, politics and international relations, and translation, as well as inter-regional and globalisation studies.

U0A 25 Area Studies It welcomes ground-breaking or novel approaches and seeks to reward innovation and excellence in both traditional and non-traditional formats, including applied, practice-based, and pedagogical research. The sub-panel has expertise to assess a wide range of work and given the broad scope of Area Studies, it recognises that submissions may be made in this UOA that include work in languages or on regions falling wholly or partially outside its members’ expertise. Therefore, it is also mindful of the likely need to appoint further panel members for the assessment stage of the REF. The sub-panel recognises the overlapping boundaries in the sub-panel descriptors, and that aspects of research are naturally interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary or span the boundaries between individual UOAs. The sub-panel welcomes the submission of research that may equally be submitted to other sub-panels. Where judged necessary by the panels, expertise will be augmented by additional assessors, or work will be cross- referred to relevant panels, according to the process detailed in Part 5, paragraphs 387 to 392.

Area Studies UoA 25 2021 Criteria Phase Chair, Susan Hodgett, University of East Anglia Deputy Chair, Tony Chafer, University of Portsmouth Marilyn Booth, University of Oxford Simon Dixon, University College London Rajinder Dudrah, Birmingham City University Natascha Gentz, University of Edinburgh Máiréad Nic Craith,* Heriot-Watt University * denotes interdisciplinary member on a main panel, and interdisciplinary adviser on a sub- panel Matthew Shaw, Institute of Historical Research Brian Ward, Northumbria University Assessment Phase Hugo Dobson, Sheffield University Kevin Featherstone, London School of Economics Robert Gleave, University of Exeter Simon Green, Aston University Roberta Guerrina, University of Surrey Faye Hammill, University of Glasgow Ambreena Manji, Cardiff University Lutz Marten, SOAS Emma Murphy, Durham University Zahia Smail Salhi, University of Manchester Plus 2020 appointments result of HEI submission intentions

AREA Studies Average Profile 2014 3 2 1 U Overall 28 42 25 5 Outputs 23.6 39.7 30.7 5.5 0.5 Impact 34.7 46.2 16.3 2.5 0.3 Environment 37.7 43.6 17.1 1.4 0.2 Area Studies

Timetable Spring 2018 Panels met to develop criteria Summer to Autumn 2018 Consultation on draft guidance and criteria Draft guidance on codes of practice Consultation deadline: noon, 15 October 2018 Early 2019 Publish final guidance and criteria 2019 Complete preparation of submission systems Submission deadline for codes of practice: noon, 7 June 2019 2020 Submission phase Submission deadline: noon, 27 November 2020 2021 Assessment phase Publication of results: December 2021

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