SUE/RELU WorkshopKnowledge Exchange Practices in SUE

Annabel Cooper, ISSUESwww.urbansustainabilityexchange.org

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ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Knowledge Exchange practices in SUE

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

Taking KE forward

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ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Knowledge Exchange practices in SUE

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

Taking KE forward

“The aim of the ISSUES team is to ensure that the value of the research work carried out by the SUE consortia is understood, appreciated and used by practitioners and other end-users”

• Understanding the perspectives of the SUE researchers in relation to KE

• Understanding types of outputs generated by SUE

• Understanding the needs and perspectives of practitioners & policy makers in relation to acquisition of new knowledge

ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Understanding the perspectives of the SUE researchersHow?

• face to face discussions with the Principal Investigators to explore knowledge transfer issues using the experience of SUE PI's and their researchers.

• hosted events in September 2007 and November 2008 to enable researchers to exchange their views and experience of good practice in research dissemination

• case studies of KT Practice at a consortia level to build KT Maps

Improving KE through the whole research cycle

• Understanding the perspectives of the SUE researchers in relation to KE

• Understanding types of outputs generated by SUE

• Understanding the needs and perspectives of practitioners & policy makers in relation to acquisition of new knowledge

ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Understanding types of outputs generated by SUE

• compiled, summarised and categorized all outputs from SUE 1 consortia and ongoing outputs from SUE 2

• categorised spread of dissemination activities undertaken by consortia, and their distribution across the spectrum from ‘academic-oriented’ to ‘practitioner and policy-maker oriented’.

Understanding types of outputs generated by SUE

• compiled, summarised and categorized all outputs from SUE 1 consortia and ongoing outputs from SUE 2

• categorised spread of dissemination activities undertaken by consortia, and their distribution across the spectrum from ‘academic-oriented’ to ‘practitioner and policy-maker oriented’.

• produced distilled summaries of the outputs from completed SUE Consortia.

• Created short articles about each and published in trade/public policy press/newsletters etc. (see scrap book)

• Understanding the perspectives of the SUE researchers in relation to KE

• Understanding types of outputs generated by SUE

• Understanding the needs and perspectives of practitioners & policy makers in relation to acquisition of new knowledge

ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Websites

Email bulletins

Personal contacts

KE Landscape

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Industry preferred methods of acquiring new information (at least monthly)

Linear (Industry preferred methods of acquiring new in-formation (at least monthly))

Industry preferred methods...(at least quarterly)

Chosen method of dissemina-tion by SUE consortia (aver-age frequency)

Linear (Chosen method of dissemination by SUE consortia (average fre-quency))

Industry preferred methods compared to

SUE dissemination methods

Research Journals, Books, Conferences

Trade Magazines, Professional Journals

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ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Knowledge Exchange practices in SUE

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

What next: SUE 3…SUE Legacy?

• Building relationships

• Sending a message

• Designed for KE

SUE Success stories

Urban futures:

Success stories – Building relationships

Outcome: Incorporation of cutting edge research into the sustainability strategy of CH2M

Mechanism: Involvement of the steering group from an early stage of the project

SUBR:IM :

Success stories – Sending a Message

Mechanism: Signposting research through CL:AIRE

Outcome: Increased end user audience

AMELIA (AUNT SUE)

Success stories – Designed for KE

Outcome: Uptake and use of tool by LA

Mechanism: Strong relationship between research and LA groups built into project framework

Maps published in: Hertfordshire Annual Progress Report 2008

Accessibility before and after the scheme

AMELIA– Designed for KE

• Building relationships

• Sending a message

• Designed for KE

SUE Success stories

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ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Knowledge Exchange practices in SUE

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

Knowledge Exchange for Impact

Website: SUE Gallery and Gateway

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

SUE Press: Scrap Book

Vidiowiki

Brave New City: events and exhibition

Targeting external events

Face to face meeting with policy makers

Website: SUE Gallery and Gateway

SUE Press: Scrap Book

Vidiowiki

www.SUEexplains.org

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ISSUES: Understanding the KE Landscape

Knowledge Exchange practices in SUE

Knowledge Exchange undertaken by ISSUES

Knowledge Exchange for Impact

• Building relationships

• Sending a message

• Designed for KE

Knowledge Exchange for Impact

• Building relationships

Knowledge Exchange for Impact

• Sending a message

• Designed for KE