Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A research-school network mobilises evidence through trained teacher-researchers acting as intermediaries.
- Is an instance
A KMb plan funds a knowledge broker dedicated to engaging non-academic stakeholders over three years.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A 'KMb plan' with no resources allocated to broker or intermediary roles.
- Not an instance
Treating knowledge mobilisation as one-way researcher-to-practitioner communication.
Editorial commentary
Knowledge mobilisation (KMb) is the term preferred in Canadian social-science and humanities contexts (notably SSHRC's KMb framework) and in UK education research (e.g. EEF, Research Schools Network). KMb emphasises multi-directional flow of knowledge between researchers and non-academic actors, includes both 'push' and 'pull' approaches, and recognises that knowledge mobilisation often requires intermediary roles (brokers, boundary spanners). It is conceptually broader than knowledge translation, encompassing humanities and arts-based outputs as well as evidence.
References
- SSHRC KMb framework (sshrc-crsh.gc.ca). Education Endowment Foundation evidence-use studies.
Also known as
KMb · Knowledge mobilization
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