- What is Knowledge Mobilization(KMb)?
SSHRC‘s definition: “The reciprocal and complementary flow and uptake of research knowledge between researchers, knowledge brokers and knowledge users—both within and beyond academia—in such a way that may benefit users and create positive impacts within Canada and/or internationally, and, ultimately, has the potential to enhance the profile, reach and impact of social sciences and humanities research. Knowledge mobilization initiatives must address at least one of the following, as appropriate, depending on research area and project objectives, context, and target audience:
Within academia, KMb informs, advances and/or improves research agendas, theory, and/or methods.
Beyond academia, KMb informs public debate, policies, and/or practice and enhances/improves services, and/or informs the decisions and/or processes of people in business, government, the media, practitioner communities and civil society.”
- Agents Assisting with Knowledge Mobilization
- The Conversation Canada … brings academics and experienced journalists together to share timely analysis and commentary drawing from research, evidence and insights generated by Canadian universities. PhD candidates under supervision by an academic can write for The Conversation.
- International Association for Media and Communication Research has a mailing list on which calls for proposals, conferences and other activities are announced.
- Legal Scholarship Blog has a mailing list on which calls for proposals, conferences, workshops and other activities are announced.
- The Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) at SSRN provides worldwide distribution of research to authors and their readers and to facilitate communication among them. Authors may upload papers without charge, and any paper an author uploads to SSRN is downloadable for free, worldwide. Western University is a subscriber.
- FIMULAW – Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Symposium– The FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Conference is a joint effort between the Faculties of Information and Media Studies, Music, and Law at Western University. FIMULAW provides graduate students and faculty members across our three faculties the opportunity to work together to address shared concerns which merit novel, interdisciplinary responses.
- Music – Annual Graduate Symposium – The symposium is an opportunity for Don Wright Faculty of Music graduate students to present their current research and to be exposed to the current research of their colleagues in music research, composition, and performance.
Predatory Journals – Care is needed when looking for a journal to submit your article to or a publisher for your book. A good place to start is with one of the many lists of possibly predatory journals and publishers on the internet, for example, https://predatoryjournals.com/publishers/ and https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/. The journals list has more that 1,200 titles.
Be warned, however, these lists are not comprehensive and authoritative. They are designed to help you and they may be frequently updated, but you should conduct your own due diligence to reach your own conclusions. There are also tools to help you with this, such as the guidelines on the Think. Check. Submit. website at https://thinkchecksubmit.org/.
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