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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada Knowledge Exchange & Knowledge Mobilization: How do they increase impact? Engaging with Scottish Local Authorities June 11, 2010, University of Glasgow Craig McNaughton Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Outline of presentation 5/23/2017 Keys to KMb impact SSHRC KMb programming SSHRC’s definition of KMb A ‘two-way’ model for KMb Illustration of the model 2 Two keys to KMb impact 1. Ensure the knowledge is relevant to the partner or target audience 2. Ensure the knowledge is relevant to the academics 5/23/2017 3 SSHRC programs in KMb Aid to Scholarly Journals Aid to Research Workshops & Conferences Public Outreach Knowledge Impact in Society Strategic Knowledge Clusters Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) Research grants (strategic & standard) 5/23/2017 4 An inclusive definition of KMb 5/23/2017 5 SSHRC definition of KMb Knowledge mobilization is about ensuring that all citizens benefit from publicly funded research. It can take many forms, but the essential objective is to allow research knowledge to flow both within the academic world, and between academic researchers and the wider community. By moving research knowledge into society, knowledge mobilization increases the intellectual, economic, social and cultural impact of that knowledge. 5/23/2017 6 Public Outreach – Summary Table Year Awarded # Grants Selected Topics 2001 (INE) 5 Sustainable development, higher education, e-commerce 2004 (INE) 8 Privacy, literacy, popularizing academic research 2005 ( INE) 42 Equity, auto industry, community theatre 2007 (INE) 5 Cyber atlas, immigration and settlement 2007 (MBF) 10 Risk management, corporate social responsibility, regional innovation and policy, developing indigenous commercial code 2008 (MBF) 15 Commercialization of a product (resistant concrete), improving medication safety, corporate social responsibility 2008 (Environment) 18 Environmental health atlas, oceans management, global citizen consultation on climate change 2008 (North) 13 Pipeline development, arctic policy 7 Strategic Knowledge Clusters – Summary Table Year Awarded # Grants Selected Topics 2004 – 2005 (Development) 31 Child welfare / development / school reform(x3), sustainability, philosophy of time, media governance, immigration, Aboriginal communities and communication technologies 2005-2006 (Development) 23 Immigration, bullying, healthy communities, environmental vulnerability 2005-2006 (Completion) 23 Canadian labour market, early child development, Time and universe, Disability policy, Science and technology studies 2006-2013 7 Justice system, business ethics, science and technology studies, Aboriginal economic development, Canadian history and environment, population change 2007-2014 11 Refugees, early childhood development, Canada- Europe dialogue, homelessness, childhood and violence prevention, Canadian literature, heritage, international entrepreneurship, sustainable prosperity, history and education, business sustainability, refugee research network 8 Knowledge Impact in Society – Summary table Year Awarded # Grants Topics 20052008 10 (5 extended) Child development and care (x2), Community care / community capacity, Montreal heritage and public history, public policy, rural economy / agriculture, violence against women, sustainable regions, rural community development / tourism 20072010 9 Business sustainability, rural economy, Immigration and labour markets, Urban Aboriginal economic development, regional business networks, energy industry and change, responsible investing, public policy and governance, business sustainability, rural economy 9 KMb infrastructure at Canadian universities • York U: university-community/government matching services – interactive Web site, online tools, broadband networks, KM in the AM (university-community/government breakfasts), special events (e.g., Aboriginal Policy Research Forum, Science and Civic Engagement Symposium), etc. • U Victoria: Research Help Desk, interdisciplinary graduate courses in community-based research, student-led research grants from the BC Government, CommunityBased Summer Internship Program, etc. 5/23/2017 10 • Memorial U: yaffle.ca (university-community search engine), public policy forums, videos, reports, regional workshops, graduate student-industry knowledge exchange, synergy sessions, etc. • U Saskatchewan: Illative Blog, Policy Wiki, visioning events, social science research laboratory (web-based & telephonebased interviews, economic behavioural lab, data sets, GIS systems, mobile interviews) • …among others – e.g., UQAM (recent report on KMb mission of the university – L’UQAM : une mission particulière de mobilisation des connaissances) KMb & socio-economic impact Impact University 5/23/2017 Society 12 KMb: socio-economic & academic impact Socio-economic impact University Society Academic impact (quality) 5/23/2017 13 Value of KMb to scholarship 1. KMb provides an opportunity to test theory against practice 2. KMb invites new or supplementary data and knowledge resources 3. KMb draws in financial, human and material resources in support of research Peer review and KMb • Peer review in the university means that researchers must communicate their findings. Why? So they can be criticised and thereby improve their findings. • The same principle applies in the wider circles of experts created by KMb • Scholarly peer review is still central, but depending on the intellectual project, it may be advisable to bring in a wider range of experts from other disciplines, sectors and knowledge cultures 5/23/2017 15 The intellectual value of KMb KMb has to do with keeping scholarship ‘on its toes’ – challenging received truths, questioning dominant theory, experimenting with new methods, bringing in fresh ideas and perspectives 5/23/2017 16 KMb & the focus on importing knowledge International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): “Knowledge mobilization addresses how external knowledge (outside of the organization) is sought out and combined with internal knowledge to create new knowledge that meets the needs of target users/clients…. … It recognizes that organizing one's own intellectual capital does not necessarily lead to innovation or change; implicit in the concept is the need for working relationships with others.” An example… An expert in workplace bullying, Judy MacIntosh at UNB is involved in research projects developed and carried out in partnership with community practitioners, as well as plain language websites and radio call-in shows: o “Seeing how people respond and hearing their own stories really gives you the sense that you can make a difference in people’s lives. Their stories also help me confirm my own theories. They can point to new avenues of study, and sometimes, if you’re not on the right track, they’ll tell you that too.” o “And, of course, I teach. There are so many opportunities to bring my research into classroom discussions.” Humanities 101 - - article by Margo Pfeiff in Reader’s Digest, August 2003 on UBC initiative & original Clemente initiative of Earl Shorris Involved “25 adults aged 20 to 62…. single mothers, AIDS sufferers, new immigrants, exconvicts, drug addicts, homeless people…. What they shared was an income below the poverty line, the ability to read a newspaper and a passion for learning—the only prerequisites for an eight-month course called Humanities 101” The Economic Role and Influence of the Social Sciences and Humanities • 2008 study by Ron Freedman at Impact Group compared economic inputs from SSH research & STEM research Some findings: • SSH-based industries account for 76% of total employment – STEM industries account for 24% • Industries that rely primarily on SSH inputs account for $696.7 billion of annual GDP output • Industries that rely primarily on STEM inputs account for $431.4 billion of GDP 5/23/2017 20 KMb model (all in) Impact University researchers University researchers Research partners, nonacademic researchers Governments NGOs Businesses Quality 5/23/2017 21 Making KMb make sense to the community • SSHRC KIS project at the Queen’s University’s Monieson Centre: brings leading academic research to business, government, and community audiences to create value through knowledge. • Centre focuses on research themes related to the knowledge economy - how to harness the expertise of individuals, organizations and communities to create knowledge capital.... • The result is innovation, insight and understanding to grow business, inform policy, and revitalize industries and communities 5/23/2017 22 KIS Discovery Workshops: Top Research Questions 1. How can our community respond to and capitalize on the emerging creative economy? 2. What is our region’s niche/competitive edge and how can we capitalize on it? 3. How can we engage our community in economic development? 4. How can we create value-added products from our local natural resources (agriculture, forestry)? 5. How do we develop efficient government that builds cooperation between local, regional, provincial and federal levels? 5/23/2017 23 6. How can we retain our youth? 7. What is the best way to foster entrepreneurship? Do business incubators work? 8. What demographic information can guide our planning? 9. How can we effectively brand ourselves? 10. How do we compare to other similar communities and what best practices can be learned from them? 11. What can we do to make an inventory of our region’s assets? 5/23/2017 24 KIS Knowledge Syntheses • 4-5 page reports summarizing leading research and resources on key economic development issues • topics are developed through the Discovery Workshops • completed reports: – Entrepreneurship – Youth Retention – Community Branding – Creating a Vibrant Downtown – Economic Development Models 5/23/2017 25 Making KMb make sense to academics We often hear that KMb represents a lot of work that is not counted by the university in tenure and promotion decisions: • some call for validation of non-peer reviewed publications, briefings, newsletters, etc. • some concede KMb work offers few opportunities to publish top-tier journal articles • some suggest only senior & tenured scholars have the luxury or freedom to work on KMb 5/23/2017 26 Evaluation of 2004 RDI grant “Studying virtual team effectiveness in organizations” • the analysis highlights and traces the advancement of key scholarly ideas: – Virtual Teams – Multi-communicating – Knowledge Hiding • it shows how scholarship and scholars connect and combine their efforts (who works with whom, in which ways) • it documents the dissemination work within the academy (journals articles, academic meetings)…. 5/23/2017 27 • … and it shows how scholarship and scholars move out naturally into the community to generate intellectual, social, economic and cultural benefits: – graduate student work with NGO on efficiency of its virtual team work + pass along MS Project – company executives trained in best practices from the research – research reports to of results to participating organizations (100 participants) – research on virtual work folded forward into research on use of info technologies to reduce carbon output in organizations 5/23/2017 28 • employment & training benefits to 17 undergraduate students, Master’s student & 5 doctoral students: library + on-line literature searches, qualitative research, surveys, experiments, meta-analyses, statistical analyses • flow of research into teaching (e.g., courses in virtual and cross-cultural team training in the Executive Education and Masters of Global Management programs at Queen’s; instruction of MBA students at HEC Montreal) • media coverage of research: interview with Globe & Mail (to 14,000 Queen’s alumni via Web); La Presse, Washington Post, London Times 5/23/2017 29 Parting thoughts… • KMb is an ambitious & demanding effort to expand scholarly inquiry beyond the traditional boundaries of university-based research • KMb creates a virtuous circle of reciprocal engagement that integrates intellectual & social impact • KMb relies on, and invigorates, central academic functions such as peer review & teaching • KMb is the application of democratic principles to generate ideas & insights that yield wealth & well-being 5/23/2017 30 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada Thank You! 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