The Marine Knowledge Exchange Network: Insights from an innovative regional-to-national scale academic-led knowledge-to-impact network and recommendations for future initiatives

Johnson, M. T., Johnson, L. J., Bayliss-Brown, G. A., Danino, V., Day, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-6893, Dunnett, I., Forster, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-9965, Lorenzoni, I., Kennedy, K., Malin, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3639-9215, Moore, K., Moore Fuller, P., Walton, M. and Tolhurst, T. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-7580 (2020) The Marine Knowledge Exchange Network: Insights from an innovative regional-to-national scale academic-led knowledge-to-impact network and recommendations for future initiatives. Coastal Management, 48 (4). pp. 308-335. ISSN 0892-0753

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the approach taken by the Marine Knowledge Exchange Network (M-KEN) and an assessment of its activities in valorizing and generating impact from research. M-KEN was formed in 2014 in response to a call for projects to accelerate impact generated from environmental research in the United Kingdom (UK). M-KEN was university-led and focused in the eastern region of the UK but its approach to fostering impact has had international reach. Over the course of its first five years, M-KEN has leveraged substantial additional funding; spawned numerous spin-off projects; influenced policy and practice; and supported a range of marine research projects in the delivery of their research to stakeholders. This article demonstrates that the reach of M-KEN has been international and has led to substantial ripples of activity radiating out from the core activity of the network. We reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken by M-KEN in the context of key research questions around Knowledge Exchange. Finally, we propose recommendations for endeavors from regional to global scale that wish to develop impact from a portfolio of research.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: coastal science,knowledge exchange,marine science,research impact,social science,valorization,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability
University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2020 00:04
Last Modified: 14 May 2023 00:27
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75731
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2020.1781513

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