Partnering for Knowledge Mobilization

David Phipps, PhD, MBA

Director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange

“We must translate our research findings in the human sciences into public policy and social programs”

“Knowledge Transfer in the human sciences – the transfer of findings into policy and programs – is as important as technology transfer in the engineering and natural sciences.”

Maximize the Impact of Research: Martha Piper (2002)

KMb – what is it?

• Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is a suite of services that supports collaborations between non-commercial research and expertise and the public, private and non-profit sectors.

• KMb (the process) can enable enhanced social innovation (the outcome).

• KMb is the university’s contribution to social innovation and allows partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors to leverage investments in university research.

Evaluate

Plan

ExecuteDisseminate

KMb throughout the Research Cycle

ConsultationPartnershipsResearch forum

PopulationsClinical practiceIntervention studiesInternshipsResearcher exchange

Surveys, case studies, expert panelists

Social mediaWeb siteTown hallTheatrePostersPolicy brief PSAPractice guidelinePopular pressSocial Marketingvideos

KMb Stories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94hPM2Bb6k&list=UUkz8O0mnDbgER4aZPoWAheQ&index=40&feature=plpp_video

Evaluating Inclusivity Action Plan

January 2005: Inclusivity Summit

May 2005: HSPC adopted and launched IAP

November 2007: IAP Evaluation Launched (Michaela Hynie and Mina Singh: York University + HSPC)

December 2007: KM Unit approved matching funding: policy briefs and best practice models

February 2008: Evaluation Report presented to IAP Steering Committee rec. to York Region Council investin 5 new Welcome Centres, create 86 jobs, +48,000 newcomer services delivered

Evaluating Inclusivity Action Plan

Hynie & Singh (2008) The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations,Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.117-124.

http://www.youtube.com/researchimpact#p/a/u/0/J15_lBz5mYU

Green Economy Centre

South Simcoe: Green Economy Centre

The Green Economy Centre: an innovative research and education program that initiates, supports and facilitates green economic best practices, ensuring that the rural South Simcoe economy is healthy and sustainable.

http://www.nottawasaga.com/get

South Simcoe: Green Economy Centre

Launched: April 2010

Funded: Summer 2010

September 2011:

•604 business contacted

•507 individual visits

•39% interest in Green Economy programs

•8 loans (total +$1M), 0% interest approved for green projects creating 18 jobs and maintaining 221 jobs

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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

Youth Emergency Shelter - Peterborough

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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KMb Tools: ResearchSnapshot

York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2012

Activities

# Faculty Involved 240

# Graduate Students Involved 146

# Information Sessions for Faculty and Students 181

# Information Sessions for Community 201

# Collaborative Opportunities 342

# KMb Projects 105

# KMb Internships 41

# Agencies Involved in KMb Collaborations 218

Funding

Community Project Funding Raised $ 1.07 M

University Contract Funding Raised $ 1.20 M

York Investments in KMb Projects $ .56 M

Total KMb Associated Faculty Grant Funding Raised $ 20.5 MTotal KMb Funding $ 22.804 M

York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2012

Technology

# web hits +5.8M

# Research Summaries 200

# tweets 6896

# twitter followers 2501

# delicious bookmarks 267

# blog postings (+90,000 views; 143 countries) 332

# slide share presentations - downloads 75

Other

# Publications 14

# KMb Unit Partnerships 16

# Institutional Collaborations 9

KMb for SSHRC Insight Grants

Dissemination IntegratedAcademic Audience

Traditional scholarly publication and creative production

End of grant workshop or conference Academic conference presentation Web posting of research outputs, posting

video of choreography

ROs can support the development of traditional scholarly dissemination strategies.

Academic collaborators on grant Scholarly workshops throughout the grant Hosting a wiki or blog to create two-way

conversation with other academics to discuss emerging findings

Workshop with peers to reflect on emerging research findings

ROs can support the integration of academic audiences throughout the research project.

Non-academic Audience

Clear language research summary (see service offered by KMb Unit)

Theatre and other non-traditional formsof research dissemination

Social media

York’s KMb Unit has distributed a worksheet to for ROs to use to help faculty disseminate to non-academic audiences at the end of the grant.

Non-academic collaborators or co-applicants on grant application

Workshop, town hall, open house Hosting a wiki or blog to create 2 way

conversation with non-academics to discuss emerging findings

Audit and feedback using panel of non-academic stakeholders within the grant period

Participatory action/community based research

Please contact Michael Johnny (mjohnny@yorku.ca) for support developing integrated KMb strategies Note 1.

Note 1: Integrated KMb takes time.

“Requests to broker relationships with new collaborators will need 4-6 months to find potential partners, develop trust, mutually develop a statement of work and develop an appropriate budget. If non-academic audiences, partners and collaborators are already known, please contact Michael Johnny for support to develop integrated KMb with non-academic audiences by September 15 at the latest. Support for non-academic integrated KMb will be available from the KMb Unit throughout the funded grant period and Michael Johnny will develop an in kind costing for that support.”

Oh yeah…

KMb tools

Integrated Knowledge Mobilization: how to support collaborations for co-production

http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/10236/Phipps%20SRC%20Field%20Note%202011.pdf?sequence=1

End of project knowledge mobilization: dissemination for non-academic audiences

KT Planning template:

• http://melaniebarwick.com/document/Scientist_Knowledge_Translation_Plan_Template_Sept%2020_2011_Fillable_Form.doc

Clear Language Research Summaries:

• http://srconline.ca/index.php/src/article/viewFile/44/119

Social Media:

• http://bit.ly/SUGzYu

Knowledge Mobilization - Lessons Learning

Combination of producer push & user pull = exchange & co-productionKnowledge broker is core to institutional capacityIs NOT SSH technology transferIs MORE than a website or a brochureKMb enables social innovationImpact takes time

KNOWLEDGE BROKERS

National Vision for Knowledge Mobilization

So what? KMb in their own words…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIWbsMO93w&list=FLkz8O0mnDbgER4aZPoWAheQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video

David Phippsdphipps@yorku.cahttp://www.researchimpact.ca