Impact beyond dissemination David Phipps, York University @researchimpact
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Knowledge Mobilization
community
campus
campus
community
Impact HOW WHAT
Knowledge mobilization helps make
research useful to society by
supporting engaged scholarship from
inception to impact
knowledge mobilization impact
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Bowen, S.J. and Graham, I.D. (2013) From Knowledge
Translation to Engaged Scholarship: Promoting Research
Relevance and Utilization. Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation 94(1 Suppl 1):S3-8.
“Research goes unused not because of a simple failure in
dissemination, but because researchers fail to address the
most important problems facing clinicians, managers, and
decision-makers.”
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What KMb methods/activities will you use?
• Broker / KMb Specialist
• Research Summaries
• Website / IT
• Multi stakeholder collaboration
• Mass Media Campaign
• Financial Intervention/Incentive
• Performance Feedback
• Academic Publication
• Capacity Building / Training
• Workshop
• Stakeholder engagement
• Conference
• Social Media Tools
supporting engaged scholarship
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co –produced pathway to impact
Phipps, D.J., Cummings, J. Pepler, D., Craig, W. and Cardinal, S. (2016)
The Co-Produced Pathway to Impact describes Knowledge Mobilization
Processes. J. Community Engagement and Scholarship, 9(1): 31-40.
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engaged dissemination
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http://www.thestar.com/article/462613
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engaged scholarship/co-production
Challenges
• Structural
budget deficit
• Revolving door
Impacts
• Social work students get
better training experience
• YES gets better trained
employees
• Clients reduce length of stay
• Generate revenue stream
• MTCU funding $60K
• 4 publications, PhD prize
book in progress
Social enterprise
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