issues work

The ISSUES (Implementation Strategies for Sustainable Urban Environment Systems) Project has four main activities:

  • Showcasing SUE Research findings for policy makers and practitioners
  • Identifying and communicating the research needs of policy makers and practitioners to researchers and funders
  • Enhancing knowledge transfer and knowledge exchange activities
  • Establishing an ongoing knowledge exchange between end-users, researchers and research funders

After initial work 'Understanding the KE Landscape' and scoping out the issues related to Knowledge Exchange (KE) and SUE, we have developed a three tiered strategy for engagement with end-users, SUE Researchers and funding institutions (click here to download a poster depicting the ISSUE strategy and work).

The table below represents our strategy and current and past efforts to facilitate better engagement and knowledge transfer. Click the appropriate cell to read more about what our team is doing.

Work relating to outputs and end-users

Work with SUE Researchers

Work to Improve Dissemination for the future

Stakeholder Interviews (ongoing)

SUE1 and SUE 2 Interviews (2007-08)

Understanding the usefulness of SUE outputs to end-users (2009)

Distilled Summaries of SUE Research (2008)

Engagement events for SUE Researchers (Sept. 07 & Nov. 08)

Defining the Role of Intermediary Bodies (2009)

Ebbsfleet Valley Challenge Event (2008)

Classifying SUE dissemination activity (2007-08)

Exploring the Implications of End-user views with EPSRC (ongoing)

'Signposting' SUE research for end users (ongoing)

Types of Engagement - qualitative case studies (2009)

 

High Level Relationship Brokering (2008-09)

SUE Exchange Group (2009-10)

 

Highlighting SUE outputs at other events (ongoing)

 

 

 

To read more about the project click here to view our credentials brochure.

 

ISSUES is now in the third year of its four-year programme. During this time an additional 6 consortia have been awarded funding (SUE2 groups), increasing the number of consortia from 12 groups to 18.  We are anticipating that a third round of SUE funding will result in some additional groups (SUE3) later on in the project. To access outputs from the SUE consortia click here.

To read more about what ISSUES is doing use the tags to the left of the page or the strategy table presented above.


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