International Students As A Knowledge Mobilization Perspective
Accepting international students offers universities and our local communities an opportunity to create benefit – not just financially – but also from a knowledge mobilization perspective. While the...
View Article21st Century Research: Interdisciplinary Scholarship & The Third Sector
Researchers in the 21st century must now think about and become interested in cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary connections. Cross-sector and interdisciplinary scholarship are exactly what...
View ArticleWhat Is Research “Success”?
Every day when we read or listen to the news on the radio, television or on our digital devices there are reports of poverty, homelessness, hatred, crime, violence, or wars. Many in this world are not...
View ArticleIncreasing The Academic & Innovation Grade
What is innovation? Is it simply coming up with a new idea; is it creating a new design or product; is it developing a new process? In research terms, innovation is essentially linked to improvements...
View ArticleShifting Funding & Academic Priorities
Universities face financial challenges in maintaining institutional and academic success while also seeking solutions to fulfill public accountability for a return on investment. According to the...
View ArticleThe Politics of Austerity, Research & Knowledge Mobilization
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is slowly emerging as a process to connect academic research with evidence-based policy-making since the emergence of KMb over the past decade. KMb was cultivated in...
View ArticleMissing Conferences 2015: UK & Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forums
Sometimes missing conferences can’t be helped. Such is the case with two conferences this year – the 2nd annual UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland (13-14 April, 2015); and the...
View ArticleGenerations, Perspective, Choice & Knowledge Mobilization
There’s a 1988 song by the band Mike and The Mechanics called In The Living Years that begins with “Every generation blames the one before, and all of their frustrations come beating on your door…we...
View ArticlePassion About Research By Knowledge Mobilization
Originally posted on KMbeing: This is a follow up to my earlier blog post about why should researchers blog & tweet. I could continue listing the usual “tips and reasons” to set researchers on...
View ArticleThe Legacy Of Our Knowledge Society
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is making research useful to society. As such KMb is a process that enables social innovation. Social innovation stems from KMb initiatives between community and academia...
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