Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy and Practice: The importance of intermediaries (knowledge brokers) in producing research impact
Event: ConferenceDate: 07 Dec 2011 09:30
Start date: 07 Dec 2011 09:30
End date: 07 Dec 2011 17:30
** PAST EVENT **
Posters and presentations now available below >>
Blogs, tweets & photos
Blog: Catherine Fisher - Buzzing about brokers: knowledge brokers reach across silos
Tweets: #kbconf on The Archivist
Posters
Social Scientists: Knowledge Brokers for the Natural Sciences? - Margarida Sardo (PDF 662 kB)
The Participation Network as Knowledge Broker - Richard McCrea (PDF 329 kB)
Welcome
Welcome: Fiona Armstrong - The Impact Journey (PDF 380 kB)
Plenary: Annette Boaz - Knowledge Brokering: What’s in a label? (PDF 463 kB)
Additional material, Annette Boaz - Evidence and Policy e-flier (PDF 318 kB)
Plenary: George Julian - Knowledge brokers: a perspective from social care (PDF 1,421 kB)
Additional links from George Julian - Research in Practice for Adults website and Twitter account
Plenary: Janet Lewis - Knowledge brokering: What’s in a label? (PDF 25 kB)
Plenary: John Young - Knowledge brokering: What’s in a label? (PDF 1,237 kB)
Parallel SESSION 1
Additional links from sfEP and SCOOP - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/index_en.htm / www.scoopproject.org.uk / http://scu.uwe.ac.uk/
Session 1C: Katherine Smith - Think Tanks as Research Mediators (PDF 657 kB)
Parallel SESSION 2
Session 2B: Tim May and Beth Perry - Active Intermediaries for Knowledge Exchange (PDF 479 kB)
Session 2E: William Solesbury - Finding your market (PDF 141 kB)
Session 2F: Siobhán Jordan - ESRC Knowledge Exchange Regional Higher Education Networks (PDF 646 kB)
Session 2G: Chris Caswill - Knowledge Brokers, Entrepreneurs and Markets (PDF 114 kB)
Parallel SESSION 3
Session 3D: Kirsty Newman - The policy maker as knowledge broker (PDF 510 kB)
Session 3D: Ajoy Datta - Advancing knowledge, shaping policy, inspiring practice (PDF 304 kB)
Session 3D: Matthew Harvey - Evidence brokering in DFID (PDF 67 kB)
Session 3E: Vicky Ward - Understanding knowledge exchange: a practical tool (PDF 239 kB)
Additional material - Knowledge exchange framework for researchers (PDF 153 kB)
Session 3F: Razia Shariff - Learning and Development A New CPD Framework (PDF 382 kB)
Session 3H: Oscar Forero and Paul Oldham. Knowledge brokering: Critical perspectives from work on biodiversity and indigenous peoples in South America. Oscar and Paul are able to comment and reply to the abstract and to queries from interested publics (O.Forero@lancaster.ac.uk)
Session 3H: Nicholas O’Regan, Tim Hughes and Glenn Parry - Do we need brokers? (PDF 112 kB)
Session 3H: Stuart Hogarth - Do we need knowledge brokers? (PDF 551 kB)
Organised by: ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum, College of Humanities & Social Science, University of Edinburgh
Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
**Registration is now closed. If you are presenting and have yet to register, please contact event organiser.
Download the conference programme
“Knowledge brokers” are intermediaries whose role is to promote the use of academic research by non-academics, including policymakers, professionals, charitable organisations, business, industry and the general public. Knowledge brokers can be individuals or whole knowledge exchange units. Within universities in the UK, many social science departments and research centres are now employing dedicated knowledge exchange staff to ensure their research creates an impact in the outside world. These staff may be called knowledge exchange managers, knowledge exchange coordinators or knowledge exchange officers. Alternatively, their job titles may refer to communications, policy, research dissemination, engagement or outreach.
This event will focus especially on knowledge brokerage in the social sciences. It is designed to encourage dialogue between knowledge exchange practitioners and organisations, and researchers who study knowledge exchange. The number of knowledge exchange staff in universities is increasing as a result of government policies prioritising the impact of research. However, many of these staff are isolated and there is a lack of clear guidance and evidence for this emerging profession. This event aims to redress that deficit by sharing expert knowledge and best practice in relation to knowledge brokerage.
Who should attend
- Knowledge exchange staff, managers and directors in higher education (knowledge exchange officers and managers; communications and policy staff; Deans of research and knowledge exchange)
- Researchers studying knowledge exchange and research use
- Knowledge brokers outside academia (eg, working in government)
- Higher education and research funders and policymakers
- Social science researchers with an interest in how their research is used outside the academy
- Anyone who uses academic social science research in a non-academic setting (government, voluntary sector, business, etc)
Call for papers
The Call for Papers closed on 30 June 2011, but you can access the details here for reference: Bridging the Gap - Call for Papers (PDF, 194 KB)
Further details:
Dr. Christine Knight
Tel: 0131 651 4743
Email: christine.knight@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/forum
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