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> ARCISS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE SEMINAR
> Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
> The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West,
> Manchester M13 9QH
> 3rd June 2005
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> Knowledge Exchange in the Social Sciences
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> This seminar will explore ideas, practices and policies relating to
> knowledge exchange in the social sciences. Whereas the notions of
> 'knowledge exchange' or 'knowledge transfer' in science and technology
> provoke fairly clear impressions of what is involved, their extension to
> the social sciences seems not to be straightforward. Yet when we stand
> back and consider the various visions of the 'knowledge-based society'
> they usually encompass some elements that can be applied to the social
> sciences as much as to other disciplines. Thus it is seen to be desirable
> that universities and other research institutions transform themselves so
> as to 'engage' much more with other major producers and users of
> knowledge, with business and the wider society, with policy communities at
> regional and local as well as national and international levels, and in
> extensive forms of continuing professional development.
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> Many social scientists are already 'engaged' in these ways but there is a
> need to reflect on this experience and to consider the implications for
> researchers, research centres and host institutions of intensifying such
> activities. The seminar will be an opportunity for social scientists,
> research administrators and professionals involved in developing and
> delivering the 'knowledge exchange agenda' to examine these issues and
> share their different perspectives.
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