Knowledge, Innovation, and Impact A Guide for the Engaged Health Researcher

This book provides researchers with a straightforward and accessible guide for carrying out research that will help them to combine good science with real-world impact. The format of this book is simple: concise chapters on key topics, examples and case studies, written in plain language that will g...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sixsmith, Andrew (Editor), Sixsmith, Judith (Editor), Mihailidis, Alex (Editor), Fang, Mei Lan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Challenges and solutions
  • Global challenges in the 21st century
  • What does innovation look like in research?
  • Understanding impact
  • Envisioning impact at multiple levels
  • Combining good science and real-world impact
  • Achieving impact
  • How can researchers achieve impact?
  • Turning ideas into products and services: the innovation pipeline
  • Working towards impact
  • Team work and building meaningful partnerships (transdisciplinarity)
  • Project management and administration
  • Commercialization: defining, understanding, and creating your market
  • Managing intellectual property
  • Co-production and stakeholder involvement
  • Reaching the hard-to-reach: a community approach
  • Knowledge mobilization
  • Education and training
  • Regulatory and legal issues
  • Local connections: ecosystems of research and innovation
  • Evaluating and demonstrating impact
  • Concluding remarks.