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Determining the outcomes and impacts of formal research networks

18 Sep 2009

External stakeholders can influence network activities for good or ill, and one of the criterion for success of a network are the dynamics of network connections created by stakeholders not identified at the inception of the network (for example, public interest groups, who may have a different point of view from the identified stakeholders). [...] The examples given do not reflect actual positions of the networks represented at the workshop but characterise the reflection of the authors on the risks in terms of a network’s ability to network, examples are from the field of health and medical research. [...] The first is that the former is often established with the purpose of improving the embedding of players and of increasing the numbers of players. [...] Problematization: To problematize is to define a specific problem and a potential solution, enroll and define the actors within the network in which this problem will be undertaken, and co-relate the interests of actors so that they match the interests of the system builder. [...] Were there enough meetings either face-to-face and online to build a sense of unity and joint interest both in the outcomes of the network and in the interesting research questions confronting both the academics and stakeholders.
innovation education governance science and technology psychology research media evaluation epistemology information philosophy problem solving social sciences cognition network further education researchers society natural science emergence evaluations cognitive science processes actor–network theory actor-network theory sciences social network analysis networking business networks

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