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Science for Society
(International Innvoation, 2015-09-23)The Government of Canada’s new science, technology & innovation strategy means universities must adopt a fresh approach to complement technology transfer and industry liaison. ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche, a network ... -
Are you engaged in engagement?
(Association of Commonwealth Universities, 15-Mar)December 2014 saw the launch of the ACU Engage Community – a new special interest group for all those working or involved in university community engagement. Here, David Phipps offers an overview of this important area and ... -
The Co-produced Pathway to Impact Describes Knowledge Mobilization Processes
(University of Alabama, 2016-07)Knowledge mobilization supports research collaborations between university and community partners which can maximize the impacts of research beyond the academy; however, models of knowledge mobilization are complex and ... -
Generating Social Change Through Community–Campus Collaboration
(2015-09-26)In this article, a qualitative case study approach was used to explore the changes that community–campus collaborations stimulate. The authors document the “processes of interaction” (Spaapen & van Drooge, 2011) through ... -
An institutional Process for Brokering community-campus research collaborations
(University of Saskatoon, 2015-05)Knowledge mobilization seeks to identify and support authentic research collaborations between community and university so that benefits of the research accrue to both partners. Knowledge brokering is a key knowledge ... -
Planting the Seeds for Change: A Case Study from York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Graduate Student Internship Program
(Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), 2014-09-25)September 25th, 2014 | Posted in JCES Vol. 7 No. 2 | No Comments » This practice-based article describes the academic and non-academic outputs and outcomes of community-academic research collaboration. The collaboration ... -
Knowledge Translation and Strategic Communications: Unpacking Differences and Similarities for Scholarly and Research Communications
(CCSP Press, 2014-11-12)Knowledge translation (KT) involves communication of research evidence. Within research-relevant organizations there is considerable overlap in the roles and activities associated with KT and strategic communications ... -
Revealing the complexity of community campus interactions
(Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014)In this paper, four qualitative case studies capture the complex interplay between the social and structural relations that shape community - academic partnerships. Collaborations begin as relationships among people. They ... -
Qualities of knowledge brokers: reflections from practice
(Policy Press, 2013-05)Employing knowledge brokers is one way that universities and research centres have responded to the increasing emphasis on the wider usefulness and uptake of research beyond the academy. While there is an increase in the ... -
Using research to influence family services and policies: issues and challenges
(Policy Press, 2012-07)There is growing national and international interest in the ways that research might influence policy and practice. The 4 articles in the Open Space section of this journal issue discuss how research is used to inform ... -
Knowledge Mobilization, Collaboration, and Social Innovation: Leveraging Investments in Higher Education
(Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2013-06)This article is a qualitative literature synthesis in the areas of community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation. The article aims to be useful to people who work in academic settings, ... -
A Field Note Describing the Development and Dissemination of Clear Language Research Summaries for University-Based Knowledge Mobilization
(Scholarly & Research Communications, 2012-10-09)Objectives: The outputs of academic research are often written in technical language that is not accessible or useful to non-academic audiences. We set out to develop and disseminate clear language research summaries as ... -
Knowledge Mobilization and Social Innovation are Integral Components of Innovation Strategies to Leverage Investments in Higher Education
(2012-06-02)This knowledge synthesis examines how investments in higher education research and development can be leveraged through social innovation and knowledge mobilization as integral components of innovation strategies that ... -
A Report Detailing the Development of a University-Based Knowledge Mobilization Unit that Enhances Research Outreach and Engagement
(Scholarly and Research Communications, 2011)This field note presents reflections from the perspective of a knowledge mobilization (KMb) practitioner after five years of developing and delivering KMb services in a university-based environment. This field note is a ... -
Lessons learned from knowledge mobilisation: turning research into action
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Student internships bridge research to real world problems
(Emerald Group Publishing, 11-Jan)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether unstructured graduate student research internships conducted in collaboration with community agencies build capacity and knowledge for students and community. -
Knowledge mobilisation builds local research collaborations for social innovation
(2009)Universities seek to maximise the impact of their research by investing in technology commercialisation services but universities fail to support the various impacts of non-commercial research. This paper describes the ...