In a previous
knowledge brokering role, Bielak and his colleagues undertook research in collaboration with recreational fishing organizations.
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Knowledge broker roles tend to be hybrid, emerging, and ambiguous,» adds Knight.
Knowledge brokering is different in that it creates «an ongoing dialogue and exchange» between researchers and stakeholders, explains Christine Knight, a policy research fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council Genomics Policy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying
knowledge brokering roles in the United Kingdom.
Not exact matches
Alex Bielak, a senior research fellow and
knowledge broker at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU - INWEH) in Hamilton, Canada, says that although these differences in terminology indicate slightly different types of
roles, the people occupying all of these
roles create a two - way interaction between
knowledge producers and
knowledge users.
Because their
role is largely intermediary,
knowledge brokers need to be able to relate to people with a broad range of backgrounds, von Behr says.
Just as there is variety in the types of sectors that
knowledge brokers work with, there is variety in how their
roles are defined.
- The African Climate Policy Centre can play a
role as a
knowledge broker at the science - development - policy interface.
The lack of specificity here is unfortunate, because the
role of the honest
broker seems consistent with the commitment of the policy sciences to freedom through insight,
knowledge integration, and an explicit engagement with values.
Noseworthy said he is confident that the new Council can provide the guidance and
knowledge required to make the needed IAG changes that relate to the Council's
role to regulate and licence
brokers.
As a
broker, you're in a unique position to provide safety leadership for your agents — a
role that can make a notable difference in the
knowledge, awareness, and ultimately, the safety of every person in your office, as well as your clients.
While individuals may market their own properties, we believe that
brokers play an important
role in all real estate transactions, providing valuable insight and market
knowledge to their clients, and we would never attempt to undermine that relationship.