Brock University is committed to mobilizing knowledge for meaningful societal impact. As a comprehensive research institution, it fosters collaboration to drive innovation, address pressing challenges, and create positive change locally and globally.
Guided by its Strategic Plan, Brock strengthens connections between research and practice, ensuring that knowledge is accessible, applicable, and transformative. Knowledge mobilization is embedded across the university’s large, transdisciplinary institutes and centres, where scholars and partners co-create solutions that improve lives, inform policy, and enhance economic and social well-being. Through interdisciplinary research and strategic partnerships, the university connects academia, industry, government, and communities to translate research into action.
Under the leadership of the Vice-President, Research, Brock’s Research Enterprise drives these efforts, providing dedicated support to researchers in mobilizing knowledge and maximizing impact. Within Research Enterprise, the Research Impact Unit—housed in the Office of Research Services—offers strategic guidance, fosters collaboration, and supports initiatives that ensure research is accessible, applicable, and transformative.
By embedding knowledge mobilization into its institutional culture, Brock strengthens its role as a catalyst for change – bridging research and practice to drive social, economic, and environmental progress.