{"id":8264,"date":"2019-06-27T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:11:13","slug":"exploring-engaged-research-knowledge-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=8264","title":{"rendered":"Exploring engaged research &#038; knowledge exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7818\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Me_wall.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Richard Holliman, The Open University.\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7818\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Richard Holliman, The Open University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m off to the University of East London (UEL) today to deliver a keynote presentation at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.issuu.com\/uelresearch\/docs\/rkeconferenceprogramme\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2019 Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to UEL&#8217;s Head of Research &#038; Knowledge Exchange Support, Matthew Whyte, I&#8217;ve had a chance to look at the abstracts for the conference. This has really helped in informing the talk I&#8217;m planning to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>In working through your abstracts, I was impressed by the knowledge exchange work that is being undertaken by UEL researchers, who are engaging with a wide range of publics, community organisations, stakeholders and end-users. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8274\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Picture1-209x300.png\" alt=\"2019 Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Picture1-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Picture1-104x150.png 104w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Picture1.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In particular, I was struck by how many of the abstract sought to address issues of social justice, not least because this echoes the mission of the Open University. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, I&#8217;ll be exploring some of the similarities between the UEL and the Open University in terms of our research and knowledge exchange work. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll argue that, to deliver on an ambitious programme of fairness in knowledge, requires a more nuanced take on what it means to increase our reach in our research and knowledge exchange activities, allied with a commitment to Engaged Research Design. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to download a copy of my slides, select: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UEL_Research_Knowledge_Exchange_Conference_handover_final_27-06-19.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Promoting epistemic justice through knowledge exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m off to the University of East London (UEL) today to deliver a keynote presentation at their 2019 Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference. Thanks to UEL&#8217;s Head of Research &#038; Knowledge Exchange Support, Matthew Whyte, I&#8217;ve had a chance to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=8264\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,16,15],"tags":[29,14,24,212,261,32,72,170,215],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences","category-events","category-presentations","tag-an-open-research-university","tag-creating-publics","tag-engaging-opportunities","tag-epistemic-justice","tag-fairness-in-knowing","tag-public-engagement-with-research","tag-science-communication","tag-stfc","tag-ukri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8281,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions\/8281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}