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Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement

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In this article, the authors propose a new approach in which researchers and knowledge-users meaningfully interact to co-create knowledge that is actionable in decision-making, and recognize the diversity of forms of engaged research.
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This article is published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.The article was published on 2020-02-01. It has received 104 citations till now.

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The politics of co-production: participation, power, and transformation

TL;DR: The authors reviewed the literature on the political and power dimensions of co-production and showed how depoliticization dynamics in coproduction reinforce rather than mitigate existing unequal power relations and how they prevent wider societal transformation from taking place.
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Sponsoring actionable science: what public science funders can do to advance sustainability and the social contract for science

TL;DR: This review identifies opportunities for science funding program management to bolster the generation of actionable science through different approaches to solicitation design, review processes, implementation support, and evaluation.
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Addressing power imbalances in co-production

TL;DR: The power dynamics between institutions in the Global North and South can, if not adequately managed, impede the effectiveness of co-production and pose risks for long-term sustainability.
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Action Research and Minority Problems

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Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation

TL;DR: Stokes as mentioned in this paper argues that the relationship between government and the scientific community can only be restored when we understand what is wrong with the dichotomy between basic and applied science, and he recasts the widely accepted view of the tension between understanding and use, citing as a model case the fundamental yet use-inspired studies by which Louis Pasteur laid the foundations of microbiology.
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Knowledge for Action: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change

Chris Argyris
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model for change and improvement in an organization, focusing on the following: Interview and observe the players, and then conduct meaningful feedback sessions with live cases.
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Crafting usable knowledge for sustainable development

TL;DR: This paper distills core lessons about how researchers interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge from both practical experience and scholarly advances in understanding the relationships between science and society.
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New Evidence on Instrumental, Conceptual, and Symbolic Utilization of University Research in Government Agencies

TL;DR: In this article, the extent of instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic use of university research in government agencies is investigated, and there are differences between the policy domains of the two domains.
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