The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on research impact and knowledge mobilization. The workshop will cover various tools and frameworks for research impact planning and assessment. It will include sessions on indicators for measuring knowledge mobilization efforts, collecting evidence of impact, and reflecting on research projects and programs. Breakout groups will discuss skills and qualities of knowledge brokers, and a case study on research impact at Eawag will be presented.

1. MOBILIZING FOR IMPACT
David Phipps, PhD. MBA, Executive Director,
Research & Innovation Services
@researchimpact

2. Time Activity
1330-1400 Research Impact Planning - tool
1400-1430 Research Impact Assessment - tool
1430-1515 Research Impact Assessment case study
1515-1530 Break
1530-1600 Skills and Qualities of Knowledge Brokers
1600-1620 Research impact at Eawag
1620-1630 Summary and Farewell

3. Planning for Impact

4. http://www.kmbtoolkit.ca/

11. What type of indicators will you use to measure your KMb efforts?
Reach indicators (# distributed, # requested, # downloads/hits, media exposure)
Usefulness indicators (read/browsed, satisfied with, usefulness of, gained knowledge, changed views)
Doing more with what you know
• use indicators (# intend to use, # adapting the information, # using to inform
• policy/advocacy/enhance programs, training, education or research, # using to improve practice or
performance)
Partnership/collaboration indicators (# products/services developed or disseminated with partners, # or
type of capacity building efforts, social network growth, influences, collaborativeness)
Practice change indicators (intent or commitment to change, observed change, reported change)
Program or service indicators (outcome data, documentation, feedback, process measures)
Policy indicators (documentation, feedback, process measures)
Knowledge change (quantitative & qualitative measures)
Attitude change (quantitative & qualitative measures)
Systems change (quantitative & qualitative measures)

13. Questions about planning for impact?

14. Impact Assessment
(it’s more than just here)

16. Knowledge Mobilization
Communications
1 2
3a
3b

17. What type of indicators will you use to measure your KMb efforts?
Reach indicators (# distributed, # requested, # downloads/hits, media exposure)
Usefulness indicators (read/browsed, satisfied with, usefulness of, gained knowledge, changed views)
Doing more with what you know
• use indicators (# intend to use, # adapting the information, # using to inform
• policy/advocacy/enhance programs, training, education or research, # using to improve practice or
performance)
Partnership/collaboration indicators (# products/services developed or disseminated with partners, # or
type of capacity building efforts, social network growth, influences, collaborativeness)
Practice change indicators (intent or commitment to change, observed change, reported change)
Program or service indicators (outcome data, documentation, feedback, process measures)
Policy indicators (documentation, feedback, process measures)
Knowledge change (quantitative & qualitative measures)
Attitude change (quantitative & qualitative measures)
Systems change (quantitative & qualitative measures)

18. Collecting the evidence of impact
documents,
testimonials, surveys
throughout
interviews
end users /
partners
demonstrate
impact
on line, in person
Impact

21. • 6,975 impact case studies
• 149 fields of research
• 60 impact topics
• 36 UoAs
• 3,709 unique pathways to impact
• £7,000/REF submission (estimate)

26. Reflecting on your own research project/program:
1. Review the sections in the template with reference to the
guidelines
2. Exercise 1: Imagine asking stakeholders the questions in
Appendix 1 of the Guidelines. Write down their answers.
15 minutes
3. Exercise 2: Complete the template. 15 minutes
4. Report back to the group

28. What do you want your impact to be?

30. SKILLS
QUALITIES

32. 1. Identify and select frameworks:
• commercialization competency frameworks were
excluded focus on university based knowledge brokers
2. Collation and qualitative synthesis of frameworks →
final set
3. Survey
4. Analysis (underway)
5. Self Assessment Tool (to come)

33. 1. Identification and selection of
frameworks
Melanie Barwick
Ed Stevens
Megan Harris
Anne Wales

34. 2. Collation and qualitative synthesis
94 → 80 competencies → 11
categories
• Wording modified to produce discrete, action based
statements
• Ongoing iteration within team to:
− Agree categorisation
− Agree competency wording

35. 3. Final competency set
80 competencies in 11 categories
A. Change management
B. Communication
C. Creating, sourcing and synthesising (research) knowledge
D. Evaluating impact of KT
E. Facilitating and negotiating
F. Leading, managing and driving KT
G. Managing legal issues and IP
H. Managing partnerships/relationships
I. Networking and engaging stakeholders
J. Training and capacity building
K. Understanding, creating and using KT tools, products and
practices

36. Sample

37. 1. Internal communication skills
2. Developing and maintaining professional
relationships
3. Working in teams, communities and
networks
4. Managing multiple conversations
5. External communication skills
6. Active listening
7. Organizational link: acting as a connection
point to your organisation
8. Facilitating sharing of knowledge
9. Partnership and relationship management
skills and processes
10. Reporting and presenting knowledge

38. 1. Intellectual property skills and
management
2. Commercialization techniques: skills
and knowledge in commercializing
research
3. Managing legal issues related to
knowledge translation
4. Licensing and patents
5. Conducting deals and decision
making in legal and commercial
activities
6. Conducting valuations of
technologies/business/IP
7. Setting up or supporting spin off /
start-up businesses

39. 1. Broad partnership and
communication skills crucial
2. Commercial and legal skills are
niche; highly relevant only for those
whose role focuses on this.
3. Very broad range of organisations,
job types, job functions, job titles:
‘One size does not fit all’
4. Internationally relevant
5. Competencies appear to split
between: 1) Core [needed by all
working in KMb space]; 2)
Specialised [highly focused
expertise in specific areas]

40. Brokers qualities
Fleet Footed
Cheerleader
Creative
Therapist

41. Brokers qualities
Courage
Commitment
Tact, Negotiation

42. What does a broker look like?

43. Research Impact at Eawag