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Community-based research: Engaging universities in technology-related knowledge exchanges
Information and Organization ( IF 5.387 ) Pub Date : 2018-08-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2018.08.001
Yolande E. Chan , Conor J.T. Farrington

Many universities are disengaged from their local regions. While universities are hotbeds of knowledge with the potential to generate new and disruptive technologies, their development strategies and public relations engagements rarely emphasize the potential of universities to act as local and regional economic engines. Similarly, information systems (IS) and other scholars generally aim to make international, not local impacts. Local contributions are often viewed as distractions from more visible and highly rewarded roles in the global scholarly community, such as publishing in international journals. This Global Challenge article argues that universities' local ecosystems are appropriate targets for IS scholarly activity, particularly when this is undertaken in the form of community-based research (CBR). Following conceptual discussions of ‘community’ and key elements of CBR, we draw on the authors' personal research experiences to evaluate the potential contributions of IS scholars in terms of CBR projects focused on technology-related knowledge exchanges. After outlining implications and potential future directions for IS researchers, we close by presenting a call to IS scholars to intensify their local ecosystem research collaborations in technology-related knowledge exchange contexts, in order to increase the relevance and local impact of their research.



中文翻译:

社区研究:让大学参与与技术相关的知识交流

许多大学脱离了当地。虽然大学是有潜力产生新技术和破坏性技术的知识的温床,但它们的发展战略和公共关系的参与却很少强调大学作为地方和区域经济引擎的潜力。同样,信息系统(IS)和其他学者通常旨在产生国际影响,而不是本地影响。在全球学术界,例如国际期刊的出版,本地贡献常常被看作是分散了人们在全球学术界中更明显,更有价值的角色的注意力。这篇“全球挑战”文章认为,大学的本地生态系统是信息系统学术活动的适当目标,特别是当这是以社区研究(CBR)的形式进行时。在对“社区”和社区康复的关键要素进行概念性讨论之后,我们借鉴作者的个人研究经验来评估IS学者在专注于与技术相关的知识交流的社区康复项目方面的潜在贡献。在概述了信息系统研究人员的影响和潜在的未来方向后,我们以呼吁信息系统学者在技术相关知识交流的背景下加强其本地生态系统研究合作为结尾,以提高其研究的针对性和对当地的影响。

更新日期:2018-08-18
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