Merry Mobilizing from the KMb Unit at York!

Merry Mobilizing from the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University! From left to right: Stacey Kimmett, Research Translation Assistant, NeuroDevNet KT Core Elle Seymour, KT Coordinator,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Michael Johnny, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization Paula Elias, Research Translation Assistant,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Anneliese Poetz, Manager,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Christina Ransom, Data & Communications Assistant Hilda Smith, Research Translation Assistant,  NeuroDevNet KT Core […]

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Research Impact, the Long Way Round / L’impact de la recherche : patience et longueur de temps…

Lesley Kelly, Centre for research on Families and Relationships Lesley Kelly works as a knowledge broker for GUS (Growing up in Scotland study) a longitudinal research study tracking the lives of thousands of Scottish children and their families from birth through to the teenage years and beyond. She is part of the KE team at the […]

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The Role of Twitter in the Life Cycle of a Scientific Publication

Darling, E. S., Shiffman, D., Côté, I. M., Drew, J. A. (2013). The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication. PeerJ PrePrints, 1.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.16v1 Abstract Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform for short messages that can have a long-term impact on how scientists create and publish ideas. We investigate the […]

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Knowledge Mobilization Down Under / La mobilisation des connaissances prend la route du Sud

David Phipps (RIR-York) recently took the message of ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR) down to Australia. There is a growing interest in knowledge mobilization as a means to enhance the economic, social and economic impact of university research. Six days. Four presentations. One workshop. Fourteen meetings. About 180 people. Tout récemment, David Phipps du RIR-York a porté le […]

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