The bright and the dark side of knowledge mobilisation

Groups related to this event

Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science

Event date

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Speaker

Dr Roman Kislov, MD, MSc, PhD

Title

The bright and the dark side of knowledge mobilisation: Learning from a large-scale collaborative research partnership

Abstract

How do knowledge mobilisation approaches evolve over time? What are their unintended consequences? What can we learn from large-scale knowledge mobilisation initiatives? These are the main questions that Dr Kislov will address in his presentation drawing on a longitudinal programme of research conducted over the last seven years in a large-scale UK-based collaborative partnership that brings together applied health researchers, managers and clinicians. It will pay particular attention to the ‘dark side’ of knowledge mobilisation, describing the tensions involved in deploying designated intermediary roles, such as knowledge brokers, boundary spanners and facilitators, to bridge the boundary between research and practice. It will also show how the iterative processes of critical reflection and reflexivity can help knowledge mobilisation initiatives deal with the ‘dark side’ and adjust to the constantly changing healthcare context. The presentation will conclude by summarising practical lessons for managing knowledge mobilisation partnerships between universities and healthcare organisations.

Speaker profile

Dr Roman Kislov is a Research Fellow in the Health Services Research Centre which is part of Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester. He conducts qualitative research on the processes of knowledge mobilisation, with a particular interest in communities of practice, intermediary roles, organisational learning and implementation of change. He is currently leading a longitudinal study into the development of knowledge mobilisation strategies over time and a multiple case study of research co-production in multiprofessional project teams, which are both funded by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) Greater Manchester—a partnership between the University of Manchester and local providers of health services. He is also a co-investigator on the FLAME (‘Facilitators and Leaders Actively Mobilising Evidence’) project—an international study of nursing facilitation and leadership across four countries (Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK). Dr Kislov’s work has recently appeared in the Journal of Management Inquiry, Public Administration, Implementation Science and Journal of Health Services Research and Policy.

Seminar details

Date: Thursday 10th November 2016

Time: 12pm - 1pm

Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 75 Talavera Road, Macquarie University

Chair: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director, AIHI

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