TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge exchange
T2 - A review and research agenda for environmental management
AU - Fazey, Ioan
AU - Evely, Anna C.
AU - Reed, Mark S.
AU - Stringer, Lindsay C.
AU - Kruijsen, Joanneke
AU - White, Piran C.L.
AU - Newsham, Andrew
AU - Jin, Lixian
AU - Cortazzi, Martin
AU - Phillipson, Jeremy
AU - Blackstock, Kirsty
AU - Entwistle, Noel
AU - Sheate, William
AU - Armstrong, Fiona
AU - Blackmore, Chris
AU - Fazey, John
AU - Ingram, Julie
AU - Gregson, Jon
AU - Lowe, Philip
AU - Morton, Sarah
AU - Trevitt, Chris
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - There is increasing emphasis on the need for effective ways of sharing knowledge to enhance environmental management and sustainability. Knowledge exchange (KE) are processes that generate, share and/or use knowledge through various methods appropriate to the context, purpose, and participants involved. KE includes concepts such as sharing, generation, coproduction, comanagement, and brokerage of knowledge. This paper elicits the expert knowledge of academics involved in research and practice of KE from different disciplines and backgrounds to review research themes, identify gaps and questions, and develop a research agenda for furthering understanding about KE. Results include 80 research questions prefaced by a review of research themes. Key conclusions are: (1) there is a diverse range of questions relating to KE that require attention; (2) there is a particular need for research on understanding the process of KE and how KE can be evaluated; and (3) given the strong interdependency of research questions, an integrated approach to understanding KE is required. To improve understanding of KE, action research methodologies and embedding evaluation as a normal part of KE research and practice need to be encouraged. This will foster more adaptive approaches to learning about KE and enhance effectiveness of environmental management.
AB - There is increasing emphasis on the need for effective ways of sharing knowledge to enhance environmental management and sustainability. Knowledge exchange (KE) are processes that generate, share and/or use knowledge through various methods appropriate to the context, purpose, and participants involved. KE includes concepts such as sharing, generation, coproduction, comanagement, and brokerage of knowledge. This paper elicits the expert knowledge of academics involved in research and practice of KE from different disciplines and backgrounds to review research themes, identify gaps and questions, and develop a research agenda for furthering understanding about KE. Results include 80 research questions prefaced by a review of research themes. Key conclusions are: (1) there is a diverse range of questions relating to KE that require attention; (2) there is a particular need for research on understanding the process of KE and how KE can be evaluated; and (3) given the strong interdependency of research questions, an integrated approach to understanding KE is required. To improve understanding of KE, action research methodologies and embedding evaluation as a normal part of KE research and practice need to be encouraged. This will foster more adaptive approaches to learning about KE and enhance effectiveness of environmental management.
KW - adaptive comanagement
KW - decision-making
KW - environmental management
KW - evidence-based conservation
KW - knowledge exchange
KW - knowledge management
KW - knowledge transfer
KW - participation
KW - research impact
KW - social learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873327282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S037689291200029X
DO - 10.1017/S037689291200029X
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84873327282
SN - 0376-8929
VL - 40
SP - 19
EP - 36
JO - Environmental Conservation
JF - Environmental Conservation
IS - 1
ER -