125 Evidence & Policy • vol 15 • no 1 • 125–41 • © Policy Press 2019 Print ISSN 1744 2648 • Online ISSN 1744 2656 • https://doi.org/10.1332/174426416X14779418584665 Accepted for publication 13 September 2016 • First published online 31 October 2016 Causal thinking for embedded, integrated implementation research Kirsten Kainz, kirsten.kainz@unc.edu Allison Metz, allison.metz@unc.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Despite increasing use of implementation frameworks, research evidence indicates that the uptake of evidence-based practice is
Key messages Embedded research initiatives come in a range of different shapes and sizes. Despite this variety, initiatives share a number of common features. An understanding of these features can promote dialogue about the design and management of embedded initiatives. These features can also guide systematic and evaluative enquiry of such initiatives. Background Research and researchers represent a rich source of empirical, theoretical and methodological knowledge that can help organisations with pressing challenges. There is, however, a
Key messages Embedded research initiatives are becoming increasingly popular across public sector organisations. There are many choices to be made when designing an embedded research initiative, and fresh challenges and tensions emerge as initiatives unfold. We present a structured, multilayered framework to support those designing, analysing and managing embedded research initiatives. The framework can support transparency, dialogue, agreement of expectations and ongoing learning within and between initiatives. Background ‘Embedded research
555 Evidence & Policy • vol 10 • no 4 • 555-64 © Policy Press 2014 • #EVPOL Print ISSN 1744 2648 • Online ISSN 1744 2656 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426414X14144247109334 Embedding research into practice through innovation and creativity: a case study from social services Alison Petch, alison.petch@iriss.org.uk Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, UK Claire Lightowler, claire.lightowler@strath.ac.uk Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice, UK Lisa Pattoni, lisa.pattoni@iriss.org.uk Ian Watson, ian.watson@iriss.org.uk Institute for
Strazzari, 2017 ). In this chapter, I reflect on my own experiences of doing embedded research in Darfur, Sudan. I do so to, first, illustrate how practical considerations of accessing sites of conflict are entangled with ethical considerations for scholarly work and for interventions themselves, and, second, to highlight how a combination of practical and ethical constraints impacts what we can say about places we study. While I had previously conducted embedded research—most notably in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war—the two-week research visit to Darfur in
There is increasing interest in young people’s participation in the design and delivery of health services. But young people’s views are not consistently sought or acknowledged, and they are still often marginalised in healthcare encounters.
Drawing on original research and a diverse range of practice examples, Brady explores the potential for inclusive and diverse approaches to young people’s participation in health services from the perspectives of young people, health professionals and other practitioners.
She presents a practical new framework, embedded in children’s rights, that shows how young people’s participation can be integrated into services in ways that are meaningful, effective and sustainable.
Systemic Action Research works with real social and organisational issues to uncover their complex dynamics, often revealing unexpected opportunities. This book shows how this process can be integrated, in any context, to the process of social and organisational development and change. The book explains how systemic thinking works and how Systemic Action Research can be embedded into organisational structures and processes to catalyse sustainable change and critical local interventions. Practically written, it details how to design a programme and build it directly into policy and practice development, extending the possibilities of action research beyond the 'individual' and the 'group' to work across whole organisations, multi agency governance arenas, and networks. The book is filled with illustrative stories and pictures which bring the concepts to life enabling the reader to develop a clear picture of how to put it into practice.Systemic Action Research programmes are now being adopted in Government and local governance contexts as well as in national and international NGOs. This book will be invaluable for experienced action researchers as well as social science and social policy researchers who will benefit from an approach to qualitative research which is participative, grounded in practice and allows systemic understandings of complex problems. Policy makers and practitioners will appreciate a process which generates meaningful evidence about the dynamics of change and offers a tangible system for continuously integrating that learning into both formal and informal decision-making.
From fine art to popular digital culture, criminologists are increasingly engaged in the processes of the visual.
In this pioneering work, Bill McClanahan provides a concise and lively overview of the origins and contemporary role of visual criminology. Detailing and employing the most prominent approaches at work in visual criminology, this book explores the visual perspective in relation to prisons, police, the environment, and drugs, while noting the complex social and ethical implications embedded in visual research.
This original book broadens the horizons of criminological engagement and reveals how visual criminology offers new and critical ways to understand and theorize crime and harm.
Impact has become a central part of the assessment criteria for academic worth. It has been adopted by many research funding bodies, and it is firmly embedded in the British Research Excellence Framework. However, a clear definition of impact remains elusive and guidance on how exactly to achieve it is often superficial.
This concise, informative book analyses impact across the social sciences. It draws on the analysis of the most highly ranked British impact case studies from the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, as well as fifteen interviews with senior academics, providing a longitudinal and critical framing of impact. The author concludes with valuable recommendations of how and when scholars can achieve impact.
As the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their social implications and consequences. Children, young people and their families tend to be at the forefront of new media adoption but they also encounter a range of risky or negative experiences for which they may be unprepared, which are subject to continual change.
This book captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 70 researchers in 21 countries across Europe. Each chapter has a distinct pan-European focus resulting in a uniquely comparative approach.
