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Ten considerations for research funders seeking to enhance knowledge exchange and the impact of marine science on policy and practice

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Cvitanovic, C and Wyborn, C and Glenn, E and Kelly, R and Louder, E and van Putten, EI and Bednarek, A, Ten considerations for research funders seeking to enhance knowledge exchange and the impact of marine science on policy and practice, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 Article 704495. ISSN 2296-7745 (2021) [Refereed Article]


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Copyright 2021 Cvitanovic, Wyborn, Glenn, Kelly, Louder, van Putten and Bednarek. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

DOI: doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.704495

Abstract

Research funders can play an important role in supporting the integration of marine science into policy and practice to enable evidence-informed decision-making. However, to date, there is a paucity of guidance available to help research funders understand the specific actions they can take to support knowledge exchange among the researchers that they fund and relevant stakeholders, particularly within marine contexts. This Brief Research Report aims to begin to fill this gap through an in-depth case study of the Lenfest Ocean Program (LOP). Specifically, through qualitative interviews with 32 participants across eight LOP funded research projects (i.e., case studies) we sought to: (i) understand the types of impacts that have resulted from the LOP funded research, (ii) determine which activities undertaken by the LOP enabled funded research projects to achieve these impacts, and (iii) synthesize findings to articulate the core lessons that have emerged from our examination of these research projects. Results show that the concept of “research impact” is complex and can be interpreted in a number of ways including: (i) raising awareness of research among end-users, (ii) development and expansion of social networks, (iii) the provision of information to decision-makers, (iv) the development of decision-support tools, and (v) a direct contribution to policy change. We highlight the ways by which the LOP has supported the attainment of these impacts, as well as 10 general considerations that research funders should consider when seeking to enhance the impact of the research that they fund on marine policy and practice.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:knowledge exchange, research impact, research funders, science-policy, marine management
Research Division:Environmental Sciences
Research Group:Environmental management
Research Field:Environmental management
Objective Division:Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
UTAS Author:Cvitanovic, C (Dr Christopher Cvitanovic)
UTAS Author:Kelly, R (Dr Rachel Kelly)
UTAS Author:van Putten, EI (Dr Ingrid Van Putten)
ID Code:146808
Year Published:2021
Web of Science® Times Cited:2
Deposited By:Fisheries and Aquaculture
Deposited On:2021-09-28
Last Modified:2021-12-13
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