Knowledge and policy

Research and knowledge transfer1

Bibliographic Data

ID12905972
AuthorsJenny Ozga (0000-0002-3757-5460, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume48
Issue1
Pages63-78
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies in Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-8487 • E-ISSN: 1750-8495
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17508480601120988
OpenAlexW1971953436
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited16

Knowledge transfer (KT) is the emergent ‘third sector’ of higher education activity—alongside research and teaching. Its commercialization origins are evidenced in its concerns to extract maximum value from research, and in the policy push to make research‐based knowledge trapped in disciplinary silos more responsive to the growing information and knowledge needs of various users. In addition KT maps closely against knowledge economy assumptions as effective KT is believed to provide competitive system advantage. Indeed the promotion and organisation of KT may be a key policy development in aligning higher education more closely with the knowledge economy. KT thus raises a great many issues for researchers in the social sciences: this paper considers some of these issues, drawing on recent research on the implementation of KT in universities in Scotland

Business · Commercialization · Competitive advantage · Discipline · Knowledge economy · Knowledge management · Knowledge transfer · Political science · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Marketing

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