{"id":12271,"date":"2013-03-06T10:14:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T15:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/knowledge-mobilization-isnt-rocket-science-or-is-it-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances-ce-nest-pas-sorcier-quoi-que\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:41:03","slug":"knowledge-mobilization-isnt-rocket-science-or-is-it-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances-ce-nest-pas-sorcier-quoi-que","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/knowledge-mobilization-isnt-rocket-science-or-is-it-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances-ce-nest-pas-sorcier-quoi-que\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Mobilization Isn\u2019t Rocket Science\u2026 Or Is It? \/ La mobilisation des connaissances, ce n\u2019est pas sorcier\u2026 quoi que\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Phipps, RIR-York
\nReflecting on seven years of developing an institutional capacity to support knowledge mobilization David thinks that knowledge mobilization isn\u2019t rocket science. Changing institutional culture is. Good thing we have a rocket scientist in our midst.<\/i>
\nEn r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissant sur sept ann\u00e9es de d\u00e9veloppement de capacit\u00e9s institutionnelles de soutien \u00e0 la mobilisation des connaissances, David pense que la mobilisation des connaissances n\u2019est pas sorcier. Par contre, changer la culture institutionnelle est une autre paire de manches. Heureusement que nous avons un sorcier parmi nous.<\/em>
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Joaquin Trapero<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nJoaquin Trapero started working as a knowledge broker for the University of Victoria in February 2006. None of us knew what knowledge mobilization was. He joined at the same time that Michael Johnny, Manager of Knowledge Mobilization at York University started and together they learned about knowledge mobilization by experimenting through doing. Now we know what we\u2019re doing (or at least we think we do) and we don\u2019t think knowledge mobilization is rocket science. You can read in detail about York\u2019s knowledge mobilization services<\/a> but they all boil down to helping people work together.
\nSimply put knowledge mobilization helps make research useful to society. And we do this simply by helping people work together.
\nPretty simple, huh?
\nWell yes, and no. Holding research forums (breakfasts, lunches or all day events) is pretty easy. If you\u2019ve got money then placing graduate students as interns in partner organizations is really easy. Social media takes a while to get used to but like swimming, all you have to do is jump in the pool and just start swimming (but with a buddy or a life guard!). Matching up researchers and partners is really easy once you know your research and your partner audiences. That takes time but is actually really easy to do. . York\u2019s Knowledge Mobilization Unit is successful in getting researchers and partners to connect 92% of the time. Shared activities arose 24% of the time and collaborative projects arose 39% of the time. And some of those projects yield amazing impacts like the expansion of the Welcome Centre<\/a> program in York Region, Toronto\u2019s Heat Registry Guide<\/a>, the Green Economy Centre<\/a> and the Strength Investment<\/a> program of United Way York Region, among others.
\nPretty simple, huh?
\nNot if you read the literature. Many researchers look at the drivers of knowledge mobilization, research utilization and implementation science in excruciating detail. Take the work of Laura Damshroder that I reviewed in a Knowledge Mobilization Journal Club posting<\/a>. There I observed:<\/p>\n