Post on 22-Feb-2016
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–Knowledge Mobilization as an Institutional
PriorityDavid Phipps, Executive DirectorResearch & Innovation Services
York University, Toronto, Canada@researchimpact
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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
http://www.thestar.com/article/462613
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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
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Knowledge Mobilization – what is it?
• Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is a suite of services that supports collaborations between non-commercial research and expertise and the public, private and non-profit sectors.
• KMb (the process) can enable enhanced social innovation (the outcome).
• KMb is the university’s contribution to social innovation and allows partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors to leverage investments in university research.
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How and What?
Knowledge Mobilization
community
campus
campus
community
collaboration Social InnovationHOW WHAT
Knowledge mobilization helps make research useful to society
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Institutional knowledge mobilization services
Research SummariesResearch Translation Help Desk
Research Translation Help Desk
Research ForumsKM in AM
Research PartnershipsKMb Interns
Social Media
Exchange(KE)
Knowledge Mobilization
partnerships CBR
co-production
Community Based Besearch
Producer Push (KT)
User Pull (KT)
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KMb Tools: ResearchSnapshot
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York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2013
# Faculty Involved 289# Graduate Students Involved 153# Information sessions for faculty and students 201
# Information sessions for community 222# collaboration opportunities 392#KMb projects 155# agencies involved in KMb partnerships 231#KMb Internships 41Community Partner funding raised $1.1MResearch Contract funding raised $1.2MTotal KMb associated grant funding raised $33.6M
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Executive Director
Director, Innovation York Assoc. Dir.Res. GrantsDirector, SIRIMgr. KMb
KMb Officer
Student
Res. Ag Officer
Awards Coord.
ORS Asst
Info Officer
Tech. Info Officer
Appl. Coord.
Grants Admin.
Student
Student
CPM YUSARes. Employee
KMb Officer
Research Officers
MI TT Officer
Mgr. Ind Liaison
Student
ISR Specialist SSH(H)
ISR Specialist STE(H)
Student
Research Directors
Institutional Support for Knowledge Mobilization
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University Drivers
Internal ExternalProgram Mix External Funding Environment
Academic Planning: Provost’s White Paper
REF 2014
Strategic Research Plan (note1) Public Return on Investment
Tenure & Promotion (note 2) Community Demand
Community Engagement
1. York University's 2013 SRP: Scholarship of Socially Engaged Research: Building on existing leadership in the practice of socially engaged research across all disciplines by working to enhance York’s expertise on the scholarship on engagement. A commitment to work to increase the critical mass of scholarship at York that is focused on socially-engaged research and on maximizing the benefits derived therefrom; Knowledge Mobilization; Support for the Social Entrepreneur
2. www.engagedscholarship.ca
Which are the right ones?
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So what? KMb in their own words…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIWbsMO93w&list=FLkz8O0mnDbgER4aZPoWAheQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video
David Phippsdphipps@yorku.ca http://www.researchimpact.ca@researchimpact