Knowledge Mobilisation and the Social Sciences
The essays presented in this volume examine knowledge mobilisation and its relation to research impact and engagement. The social sciences matter because they can help us to understand and address the complex challenges confronting society. This is particularly true in an era of significant downward pressure on public expenditure, a consequence of the global fiscal crisis, when there is a striking need to ensure that policies are demonstrably effective and efficient. The impact agenda in the UK, reflected in parallel global debates, actively encourages the social sciences to make and demonstrate a difference; to justify and protect social science funding. This volume shows how knowledge mobilisation can be thought of systematically as a process, encompassing engagement, leading to the co-production and channelling of knowledge to make a difference in the economy and society.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.
Jon Bannister is Professor of Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Glasgow. In promoting a civic agenda for the academy, Jon has supported the establishment of multiple knowledge mobilisation initiatives in the field of criminal justice.
Irene Hardill is Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University, UK, and a member of the Training and Skills Committee of the Economic and Social Research Council. She has a particular expertise in knowledge exchange and user engagement.
Contemporary Issues in Social Science
Series editor: David Canter, University of Huddersfield, UK
Contemporary Social Science, the journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, is an inter-disciplinary, cross-national journal which provides a forum for disseminating and enhancing theoretical, empirical and/or pragmatic research across the social sciences and related disciplines. Reflecting the objectives of the Academy of Social Sciences, it emphasises the publication of work that engages with issues of major public interest and concern across the world, and highlights the implications of that work for policy and professional practice.
The Contemporary Issues in Social Science book series contains the journals most cutting-edge special issues. Leading scholars compile thematic collections of articles that are linked to the broad intellectual concerns of Contemporary Social Science, and as such these special issues are an important contribution to the work of the journal. The series editor works closely with the guest editor(s) of each special issue to ensure they meet the journals high standards. The main aim of publishing these special issues as a series of books is to allow a wider audience of both scholars and students from across multiple disciplines to engage with the work of Contemporary Social Science and the Academy of Social Sciences.
Titles in the series:
Crowds in the 21st Century
Perspectives from contemporary social science
Edited by John Drury and Clifford Stott
Biologising the Social Sciences
Challenging Darwinian and Neuroscience Explanations
Edited by David Canter and David Turner
The Social Dynamics of Web 2.0
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by Charalambos Tsekeris and Ioannis Katerelos
Alcohol and Public Policy
Edited by Thom Brooks
Knowledge Mobilisation and Social Sciences
Research Impact and Engagement
Edited by Jon Bannister and Irene Hardill
Knowledge Mobilisation and the Social Sciences
Research Impact and Engagement
Edited by
Jon Bannister and Irene Hardill
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Contents
David Canter
Jon Bannister and Irene Hardill
Ann Buchanan
Paul Ellwood, Richard Thorpe and Charlotte Coleman
Philip Lowe, Jeremy Phillipson and Katy Wilkinson
Glyn Williams
Gemma Moss
Jon Bannister and Anthony OSullivan
Sarah Banks and Andrea Armstrong with Kathleen Carter, Helen Graham, Peter Hayward, Alex Henry, Tessa Holland, Claire Holmes, Amelia Lee, Ann McNulty, Niamh Moore, Nigel Nayling, Ann Stokoe, Aileen Strachan
Angie Hart, Ceri Davies, Kim Aumann, Etienne Wenger, Kay Aranda, Becky Heaver and David Wolff
Mark Smith, Heather Wilkinson and Michael Gallagher
Pam Carter, Roger Beech, Domenica Coxon, Martin J. Thomas and Clare Jinks
Irene Hardill and Sarah Mills
Tim Blackman
Richard Harris and John Moffat
The following chapters in this book were originally published in the Contemporary Social Science, volume 8, issue 3 (November 2013). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: dancing with new partners in an age of austerity
Jon Bannister and Irene Hardill
Contemporary Social Science, volume 8, issue 3 (November 2013) pp. 167175
Chapter 2
Impact and knowledge mobilisation: what I have learnt as Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council Evaluation Committee
Ann Buchanan
Contemporary Social Science, volume 8, issue 3 (November 2013) pp. 176190
Chapter 3
A model for knowledge mobilisation and implications for the education of social researchers
Paul Ellwood, Richard Thorpe and Charlotte Coleman
Contemporary Social Science, volume 8, issue 3 (November 2013) pp. 191206
