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Supporting knowledge translation through collaborative translational research initiatives : ‘bridging’ versus ‘blurring’ boundary-spanning approaches in the UK CLAHRC initiative
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Evans, Sarah and Scarbrough, Harry (2014) Supporting knowledge translation through collaborative translational research initiatives : ‘bridging’ versus ‘blurring’ boundary-spanning approaches in the UK CLAHRC initiative. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 106 . pp. 119-127. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.025 ISSN 0277-9536.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.025
Abstract
Recent policy initiatives in the UK and internationally have sought to promote knowledge translation between the ‘producers’ and ‘users’ of research. Within this paper we explore how boundary-spanning interventions used within such initiatives can support knowledge translation between diverse groups. Using qualitative data from a 3-year research study conducted from January 2010 to December 2012 of two case-sites drawn from the CLAHRC initiative in the UK, we distinguish two different approaches to supporting knowledge translation; a ‘bridging’ approach that involves designated roles, discrete events and activities to span the boundaries between communities, and a ‘blurring’ approach that de-emphasises the boundaries between groups, enabling a more continuous process of knowledge translation as part of day-to-day work-practices. In this paper, we identify and differentiate these boundary-spanning approaches and describe how they emerged from the context defined by the wider CLAHRC networks. This highlights the need to develop a more contextualised analysis of the boundary-spanning that underpins knowledge translation processes, relating this to the distinctive features of a particular case.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Science & Medicine | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 | ||||||
| Official Date: | April 2014 | ||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 106 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 119-127 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.025 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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