Do we need "more research" or better implementation through knowledge brokering?

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• 作者：Janet G. Hering
• 关键词：Knowledge brokering ; Knowledge exchange ; Research implementation ; Science ; policy interface ; SPI
• 刊名：Sustainability Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：11
• 期：2
• 页码：363-369
• 全文大小：549 KB
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment
  Environmental Management
  Climate Change
  Environmental Economics
  Landscape Ecology
  Public Health
  
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1862-4057

文摘

“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.