The assumption that research is out-of-reach, irrelevant, or unusable for practitioners has been a theme echoed throughout academia. Research alliances such as Research-Practice Partnerships (RPP) attempt to alleviate this problem by having researchers, practitioners, and/or community-based organizations form a collaborative partnership that uses research to solve tangible problems of practice. Previous works have highlighted the complexities inherent with forming and maintaining these long-term partnerships including politics, trust building, time, and available resources. In this paper, we engage in reflective analysis of our own RPP around three key elements we believe are at the heart of RPPs: politicized trust, mutualism, and use of research. This paper illustrates successes and points of failure in each of these areas, which have been previously unconnected in RPP literature. We conclude with recommendations for school and university partners and future research on RPPs.

研究对从业者而言遥不可及、无关紧要或无法使用的假设一直是整个学术界回荡的主题。研究-实践伙伴关系 (RPP) 等研究联盟试图通过让研究人员、从业人员和/或基于社区的组织形成合作伙伴关系，利用研究解决实际的实践问题来缓解这一问题。以前的工作强调了形成和维持这些长期伙伴关系所固有的复杂性，包括政治、信任建立、时间和可用资源。在本文中，我们围绕我们认为处于 RPP 核心的三个关键要素对我们自己的 RPP 进行反思分析：政治化信任、互惠互利和研究的使用。本文阐述了每个领域的成功和失败点，以前在 RPP 文献中没有联系过。最后，我们对学校和大学合作伙伴以及 RPP 的未来研究提出了建议。