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- Model Public/Community persons and groups as well as collaboration(s) between them and university researchers.
- Model forms of collaboration(s) between the Public/Community persons and groups and university researchers
- Model outputs of collaboration(s) between the Public/Community persons and groups and university researchers
Definitions
Knowledge mobilization:
This is the one most often used in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council context.
•"... the process of creating value or a value stream through the creation, assimilation, leveraging, sharing and application of focused knowledge to a bounded community." (Bennet, Alex and David Bennet. Knowledge Mobilization in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Moving Research into Action. Frost, West Virginia, USA: MQI Press, 2007.)
The Scottish one is a bit more inclusive:
•"... embeds knowledge generation (creation) and knowledge use within the core structures of community and organizations." (Clark, G. and L. Kelly. New Directions for Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Brokerage in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive Social Research, 2005)
The ever-involving Harris Centre definition of knowledge mobilization:
•... is about putting available knowledge into active service to benefit society. Both, research knowledge and experiential knowledge, are worth sharing for the benefit of all. KMb is always about knowledge exchange and it should be mutually beneficial.
Knowledge Broker:
For the purposes of the current Yaffle development, a broker is a person with an academic institution affiliation who moves an idea through its life cycle.
Use cases
- capture community needs systematically and match them with student/faculty interests
- leverage research or materials for academic or corporate endeavors
- promote the meaningful involvement of communities in translational research
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