Understanding Progress and Outcomes in Use-Inspired Research
Abstract
There is growing momentum to move beyond a linear model of transferring research results to decision-makers. The aim is to improve the chances that research results and decision-making needs are more closely aligned by creating a more comprehensive and inclusive knowledge exchange process. This process, however, also requires finding ways to evaluate those efforts. The environmental science division at The Pew Charitable Trusts has drawn on previous assessment frameworks to understand our efforts to support both use-inspired research and capacity building for researchers to engage in such approaches. Over the past 14 years, the Lenfest Ocean Program has supported the integration of decision-makers into the scoping and implementation of program-supported scientific research grants. Program staff engage with decision-makers and influencers to identify policy-relevant research questions and approaches and monitor progress to improve the match between the research and user needs. We have also developed a program to help researchers understand how to more effectively connect their research with conservation outcomes. We will share our assessment framework for these programs, observations about the outcomes of our process, and the learning we still need to do.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMPA43D1381B
- Keywords:
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- 0840 Evaluation and assessment;
- EDUCATIONDE: 0299 General or miscellaneous;
- GEOHEALTHDE: 1630 Impacts of global change;
- GLOBAL CHANGEDE: 6620 Science policy;
- PUBLIC ISSUES