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Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering?
“More research is needed” is an iconic catchphrase used by scientists worldwide. Yet policy and management decisions are continually being made with variable levels of reliance on scientific knowledge. Funding agencies have provided incentives for knowledge exchange at the interfaces between science...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0314-8 |
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description | “More research is needed” is an iconic catchphrase used by scientists worldwide. Yet policy and management decisions are continually being made with variable levels of reliance on scientific knowledge. Funding agencies have provided incentives for knowledge exchange at the interfaces between science and policy or practice, yet it remains the exception rather than the rule within academic institutions. An important step forward would be the establishment and professionalization of knowledge brokering (i.e., as a complement to existing technology transfer and communications departments). This would require an explicit commitment of resources by both funding agencies and institutions. Many academic scientists are genuinely interested in the applications of their research. This interest could be stimulated by providing support for the process of knowledge brokering and by integrating the natural, social, and engineering sciences to address broad policy- and practice-relevant questions. |
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spelling | pubmed-61063752018-08-30 Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? Hering, Janet G. Sustain Sci Note and Comment “More research is needed” is an iconic catchphrase used by scientists worldwide. Yet policy and management decisions are continually being made with variable levels of reliance on scientific knowledge. Funding agencies have provided incentives for knowledge exchange at the interfaces between science and policy or practice, yet it remains the exception rather than the rule within academic institutions. An important step forward would be the establishment and professionalization of knowledge brokering (i.e., as a complement to existing technology transfer and communications departments). This would require an explicit commitment of resources by both funding agencies and institutions. Many academic scientists are genuinely interested in the applications of their research. This interest could be stimulated by providing support for the process of knowledge brokering and by integrating the natural, social, and engineering sciences to address broad policy- and practice-relevant questions. Springer Japan 2015-06-10 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC6106375/ /pubmed/30174733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0314-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Note and Comment Hering, Janet G. Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title | Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title_full | Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title_fullStr | Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title_full_unstemmed | Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title_short | Do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
title_sort | do we need “more research” or better implementation through knowledge brokering? |
topic | Note and Comment |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0314-8 |
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