Presentations
‘Introduction to Knowledge Exchange‘ – presentation by Aileen Marshall-Brown (Research Impact Facilitator, Social Sciences Division)
The presentation reflects on the background of the current focus on impact and knowledge exchange, and motivations and aims in relation to exchange of knowledge and generation of impact; it offers a look at range of potential KE activities, and opportunities as well as challenges of engaging with stakeholders, and recognises the importance of evaluating impact of one’s research.
‘Evaluating Knowledge Exchange and Impact’ – presentation by Professor Alis Oancea (Director of Research, Department of Education)
In this presentation, Professor Oancea looks at the process of evaluation of knowledge exchange activities, and of research impact, by offering different evaluation designs, and suggesting various elements of KE activities that could be subject to assessment, such as objectives, relationships, and activities.
‘Top tips when engaging with stakeholders’ – presentation by Professor Judy Sebba (Former Director of the Rees Centre)
Professor Sebba reflects on the work of the REES Centre, and its commitment to building effective relationships with policymakers and practitioners, through various activities ranging from government briefings, through researcher-in-residence and visiting placements to the Centre schemes, to use of social media.
‘Interacting with stakeholders’ – presentation by Dr Stuart Basten (Associate Professor in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention)
In this presentation, Dr Basten draws on his experience of research on policy and population in Asia, to offer practical advice on building fruitful relationships with stakeholders, and achieving beneficial user engagement from the research design stage.
Summaries of IAA-Awarded research
- Accelerating International Impact to Improve Health Outcomes for HIV-positive and Abused Children, Dr Lucie Cluver (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, IAA award recipient)
Working with organisations including UNICEF and the World Health Organisation, Dr Lucie Cluver will use the KE Award to accelerate the impact of research on policy for AIDS-affected children. The research team have a proven track record of impact in this area with two previous studies having been cited in South African and US government policies.
Two new projects were launched in 2014, one addressing abuse of AIDS-affected children in Southern Africa and the other promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy and sexual and reproductive health services for HIV+ adolescents. A knowledge exchange research assistant will work with the team and the various partner organisations to ensure the maximum level of impact is achieved in these important areas.
- Increasing state capacity to reduce cybercrime, Professor Ian Brown (Oxford Internet Institute, IAA award recipient)
In collaboration with the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative (CCI) and the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), Dr Ian Brown will contribute to the CCI’s programme of needs assessments for Commonwealth member countries in combatting cybercrime and help to further develop the NCA’s work on more effective processes for law enforcement agencies to gain access to digital evidence held outside their own jurisdiction, in a way that maintains essential human rights protections.
This will feed into the development and evaluation of the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model, currently underway at Oxford, ensuring that the Model is of maximum utility to external users in reducing overall levels of cybercrime and increasing national cyber security. It will also strengthen the links between Oxford, the Commonwealth and its member states, and the NCA, enabling future knowledge exchange and cooperative research.
- Developing evidence-informed educational practice for children in care, Professor Judy Sebba (Department of Education, IAA award recipient)
Two visiting practitioner fellows, Dr Alun Rees and Lucy Wawrzyniak, from the national and Oxfordshire ‘Virtual Schools’ (teams in every local authority appointed to promote the educational outcomes of children in care by working across schools) will be based at the Rees Centre to further develop working relationships between educational service providers and researchers.
At a time of significant change in their responsibilities, the fellowships will benefit national and local providers of educational services for children in care by supporting teachers, foster carers, schools, social workers, young people in care, local authorities and the DfE to make better use of research so that decisions reflect findings. The fellows will help to hone the Centre’s research and how it communicates and supports service providers to interpret and use it.
- Legal arrangements for cross-border resolution and liquidity within over the counter (OTC) derivatives markets, Dr Dan Awrey (Faculty of Law , IAA award recipient)
Working with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Dr Dan Awrey and colleagues from Columbia University and the University of Notre Dame have organised a series of knowledge exchange workshops with the aim of improving understanding of the relationship between law and finance within the global financial system.
These one-day workshops will feature analysis and perspectives from academics working in the fields of law, economics and finance; from financial policymakers at the FRBC and elsewhere, and from the market participants impacted by financial policy decisions. The inaugural workshop, hosted by the FRBC, will examine the legal arrangements for cross-border resolution and liquidity within OTC derivatives markets.
- Building Grassroots Engagement with the Climate Crunch debate (BGECC), Mr Roger Street and Dr Christopher Shaw (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, IAA award recipients)
This fellowship will see Dr Shaw embedded within the Fleming Policy Centre (FPC) and their extended network of climate policy actors. It will provide a framework in which to apply Dr Shaw’s research on engagement with low carbon initiatives by the public, business and all sectors and build on the FPC’s practical experience of working with diverse energy and policy organisations and the grassroots.
The partnership will improve the effectiveness of the FPC’s work for the benefit of national and international climate policy and society as a whole and generate insights of relevance to a broad range of actors working across related fields. It will enhance Dr Shaw’s research and his understanding of research users and their needs and the challenges of engaging individuals, communities and organisations with decarbonisation.