This paper is the culmination of several meaning-making activities between an external researcher, PES practitioners, and social scientist researchers who considered the unique contributions that can be made through RPPs on PES (that is, research-practice partnerships on public engagement with science). Based on the experiences from three RPP projects, the group noted that the PES context may be particularly suited to RPPs, and identified the importance of working as thinking-partners who support reciprocal decision-making. Recommendations are made in support of using these approaches to advance practical knowledge-building and reduce shared frustrations about the disconnect between research and practice in PES.
Date of publication
Nov 08, 2021
Category:
Practice Insight
Boundary spanners and thinking partners: adapting and expanding the research-practice partnership literature for public engagement with science (PES)
by
Karen Peterman
,
Sarah Garlick
,
John Besley
,
Sue Allen
,
Kathy Fallon Lambert
,
Nalini M. Nadkarni
,
Mark S. Rosin
,
Caitlin Weber
,
Marissa Weiss
,
Jen Wong