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Co-production, knowledge exchange and expertise

Academics are not the only source of expertise informing rural policy and practice.

Research results are not an end in themselves. They must deliver tangible results for stakeholders and the public.

Collaborative research

Increasingly, researchers are working with people who have different kinds of expertise, perhaps:

  • particular skills
  • understanding of particular places
  • specific experience

They're keen to produce knowledge that can be of immediate use to:

  • industries
  • communities
  • policymakers
  • other stakeholders
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Our aspiration

The aspiration of CRE is not just for more science or expertise.

We want better informed and skilled citizens and communities. Through their expertise they can tackle their own problems. They can learn more efficiently from elsewhere.

This process itself provides a rich source of material for research. We begin to map the ways we can achieve these aims most effectively.

Projects

Landbridge: A Knowledge Exchange Network for Rural Professionals - Funding: ESRC (ongoing) - Project team: Prof Jeremy Phillipson, Dr Amy Proctor, Anne Liddon, Prof Philip Low 

Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) between Newcastle University and local councils (ongoing) - CRE input: Prof Sally Shortall working with the Policy Academy. 

ESRC Knowledge Transfer Research Fellow - Funding: Economic and Social Research Council (2008-2009) - Prof Sally Shortall seconded to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland.

Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) between the Northern Ireland Universities and the devolved government (2011-ongoing) - Prof Sally Shortall established the KESS with Eileen Regan, Research Services Northern Ireland Assembly. 

Centre for Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) - Funders: ESRC (2016-2018) - CRE input: Prof Jeremy Phillipson, Dr Amy Proctor, Fran Rowe, Anne Liddon

DEFRA Sustainable Intensification Platform - Funder: Defra, Welsh Government (2015-2017) - CRE input: Prof Jeremy Phillipson, Dr Amy Proctor, Anne Liddon

Voices of Veterinary Experience - Funding from ESRC Impact Accelerator Fund (2016-2017) - CRE input: PI Prof Mark Reed, project team: Sue Bradley, Prof Philip Lowe 

Science in the Field: Understanding the Changing Role of Expertise in the Rural Economy - Funders: ESRC (2008-2011) - CRE input: PI Prof Jeremy Phillipson, Dr Andrew Donaldson, Prof Philip Lowe, Dr Amy Proctor 

The Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU) - Funding: UK Research Council, DEFRA, Scottish Government, (2004-2013) - CRE input: Director’s Office team comprising Prof Philip Lowe, Prof Jeremy Phillipson, Anne Liddon