Weaving Together the Strands of Engaged Research and Community ResilienceWendy Madsen and Madonna Chesham Abstract: Over the past few years, an increasing awareness of our vulnerabilities related to a surge of natural disasters has resulted in increased political and research attention on resilience, both personal and community. Academics, as members of... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world)Resilience of the Horticultural Community: Engaged Researchers Promoting Productivity and ProfitabilityPhil Brown and Talitha Best Abstract: Brown and Best analyse an agricultural research case study to highlight the interdependence of environmental, economic and social capitals and the roles each play in building sustainability and community resilience. Agricultural industries play... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world)Making Space for Community Learning: Engaged Research with Teacher Aides in Disadvantaged SchoolsKerry Aprile and Helen Huntly Abstract: Community groups are connected to much larger social, cultural and organisational systems that shape members’ perceptions, identities, roles and capacity to adapt to change. This chapter examines the constraints that social and organisational... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world)Universities Actively Engage in Entrepreneurship Education for GraduatesThe twenty-first century graduate is in many respects an intrapreneur or entrepreneur. Routine work will be less and less his or her province. The graduate will have to be a problem solver under situations of uncertainty; playing the role of the troubleshooting Wolf, who steps into fix the awkward problem,... (Becoming a World-Class University)The University of Copenhagen's Research and Innovation CouncilUCPH's Research and Innovation (R&I) Council is responsible for identifying and pursuing the university's strategic development within research, innovation, and business collaboration, and for prioritizing how the university shall publicize its activities externally [46]. The council works in accordance... (Becoming a World-Class University)Step 3: Assess Stakeholders’ Interests, Priorities, and Communications Needs, Through Mental Models ResearchWith a full expert characterization of the situation, both the technical and social aspects, we proceeded to Step 3 of the Process: conducting purposeful and empirical research with target stakeholders to identify their interests, priorities, and information needs. With this insight, the Team was able... (Mental Modeling Approach: Risk Management Application Case Studies)Communities and Culture: Findings and Research NeedsThe studies reviewed here suggest that some neighborhood characteristics related to disorganization and instability (heterogeneity, residential instability, family disruption, collective efficacy) are associated with both violent and nonviolent crime and the pattern is not consistent with the differential... (Thugs and thieves : the differential etiology of violence)Engaged researchEngaged research is not a well-defined term within the literature, with a range of research activities being passed as ‘engaged, from consultancies to equal partnerships, each with different levels of engagement, power differentials and philosophical bases (Nation, Bess, Voight, Perkins, & Juarez,... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world)Community resilienceLike ‘engaged research, the term ‘community resilience’ is not readily defined within the literature. Indeed, there are multiple meanings because resilience has been used in different ways by different disciplines (Reid & Botterill, 2013). However, Brian Walker and David Salt (2012) and Fikret... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world)Engaged Research in Action: Informing Sexual and Domestic Violence Practice and PreventionKathy Prentice and Tania Signal Abstract: The counselling staff at Phoenix House understand research to mean ‘finding out’ and therefore use research in their everyday practice. The work is guided by robust rationales and is based on using practice experiences to inform research,... (Community resilience, universities and engaged research for today’s world) |