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Researchers are under increasing pressure to disseminate research more widely with non-academic audiences (efforts we call knowledge mobilization, KMb) and to articulate the value of their research beyond academia to broader society. This study surveyed SSHRC-funded education researchers to explore how universities are supporting researchers with these new demands. Overall, the study found that there are few supports available to researchers to assist them in KMb efforts. Even where supports do exist, they are not heavily accessed by researchers. Researchers spend less than 10% of their time on non-academic outreach. Researchers who do the highest levels of academic publishing also report the highest levels of non-academic dissemination. These findings suggest many opportunities to make improvements at individual and institutional levels. We recommend (a) leveraging intermediaries to improve KMb, (b) creating institutionally embedded KMb capacity, and (c) having funders take a leadership role in training and capacity-building.
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Les chercheurs sont de plus en plus pressés de diffuser la recherche plus largement auprès de publics non universitaires (des efforts que nous appelons mobilisation de connaissance, KMb) et d’exprimer la valeur de leur recherche au-delà du milieu universitaire vers une société élargie. Cette étude a enquêté sur les chercheurs financés par le CRSH afin d’explorer comment les universités soutiennent les chercheurs avec ces nouvelles demandes. Dans l’ensemble, l’étude a révélé qu’il y a peu de soutien offert aux chercheurs pour les aider avec les efforts KMb. Même lorsque le soutien existe, il n’est pas grandement utilisé par les chercheurs. Les chercheurs dépensent moins de 10 % de leur temps à des activités non universitaires. Les chercheurs qui accomplissent le plus haut degré de publication universitaire rapportent aussi les plus hauts niveaux de diffusions non universitaires. Ces résultats suggèrent de nombreuses occasions d’amélioration à des niveaux tant individuels et institutionnels. Nous recommandons (a) de mobiliser les intermédiaires pour améliorer le KMb, (b) de créer une capacité KMb institutionnellement intégrée, et (c) de faire les bailleurs de fonds jouer un rôle de leadership dans la formation et le renforcement des capacités.
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