dc.contributor.author | Benequista, Nicholas | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wheeler, Joanna | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-07T13:20:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-07T13:20:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Benequista, N. and Wheeler, J. (2012) Cartographers, Conciliators and Catalysts: Understanding the Communicative Roles of Researchers. IDS Bulletin 43(5): 45-52 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-5436 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/7520 | |
dc.description.abstract | A review of case studies from a global, ten-year research project coordinated by the Institute of
Development Studies suggests that previous efforts to understand the value of research for promoting social
change has underappreciated the contribution of researchers as social actors. Researchers inhabit a complex
web of relations, they hold many identities, and they act politically to bring about social change in ways
large and small that go beyond what they write in journals or in policy briefs. Through interviews and selfreflection,
we explored some of these ways – formal and informal, direct and indirect – that researchers
communicate their knowledge. To capture some of the diversity, this article presents a typology of different
‘roles’ that researchers play as communicators. We hope this typology might help to clarify our
understanding of research utilisation, and might also provide insight into how to approach research
communication in more strategic and creative ways. | en |
dc.format.extent | 8 | en |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin Vol. 43 Nos. 5 | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdf | en |
dc.title | Cartographers, Conciliators and Catalysts: Understanding the Communicative Roles of Researchers | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | © 2012 The Authors. IDS Bulletin © 2012 Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2012.00362.x | en |