Designing External Knowledge Communication in a Research Network The Case of Sustainable Land Management

Thomas Köhler (), Thomas Weith (), Sabrina Herbst () and Nadin Gaasch ()
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Thomas Köhler: TU Dresden
Thomas Weith: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Sabrina Herbst: TU Dresden
Nadin Gaasch: TU Berlin, Office of the First Vice President for Research, Appointment Strategy, Knowledge & Technology Transfer

A chapter in e-Science, 2021, pp 131-149 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Designing knowledge communication with external partners is a core activity of research networks. In science, such communication has been addressed only recently and is still considered as non-academic activity. Successful communication with practitioners, that is knowledge transfer, is a crucial factor for effective research. In the age of online communication, this requires special attention and skills, for example related to social media communication. Based on our own empirical results derived from interviews, the authors identify what factors affect the communication process and how the design of communication content may be influenced. To do so, successful examples of communication with external stakeholders are presented. For the theoretical basis, science communication, knowledge communication, knowledge management, and knowledge transfer were selected and consolidated. Although the findings stem from a research network specializing in sustainable land management, they can be transferred to other academic collaborations. Our results indicate that external communication is effective when knowledge has been transferred between academics and practitioners.

Keywords: Research network; Knowledge management; Open science; Qualitative research; Land management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66262-2_9

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