Knowledge mobilisation strategies and techniquesEmily Gagnon and Professor Angie Hart

Boingboing social enterprise/University of Brighton

Communities of Practice“…groups of people informally bound together by

shared expertise and passion for a joint enterprise” (Wenger & Snyder, 2000)

• Emphasise sharing and mutuality • No fixed boundaries between the ‘experts’ and the

‘non-experts’• Expectation that members will work across

organisational and disciplinary boundaries • Challenging current structures and hierarchies

Scotland:Edinburgh, Stirling

Canada:Halifax, Toronto, Victoria

Greece:Crete

Germany:Osnabrück

Australia: Sydney

Active Community University Partnership Relationships

Sweden:Västerås, Gothenburg

England: Brighton, Hastings, London, Durham, Sheffield

Wales:Newport

Malaysia:Kuching

The hope is that they:

• Accumulate knowledge and become bound by the value they find in learning about the issue together

• Develop a unique perspective on the issue or problem, as well as a body of common knowledge, practices and approaches (eg tools, standards, manuals, materials)

• Develop personal relationships and established ways of interacting with each other www.cupp.org.uk

www.cupp.org.uk

occasional

transactional

peripheral

active

coordinator

core group

lurkers

leaders

sponsors

experts

beginners

alumni

outsiders

• https://researchimpact.othree.ca/forums/journalclub/mobilisingknowledgeincommunityuniversitypartnershipswhatdoesacommuni

• www.boingboing.org.uk

• Just start a these two places, and you can follow up a load of links if you like reading…

A few things to read…

Contact and follow up

• Cupp network. For news and discussion, free to join but need to register:

• www.cuppcop.ning.com

Cupp website – details of our work and sign up for email newsletter:

www.brighton.ac.uk/cupp