Making our research accessible to a wide range of audiences, and involving people from different sectors and backgrounds in the development of our work has always been one of our key aims. We are one of the few research centres with a team dedicated to knowledge exchange and impact, and we have been a leader in this area for over 10 years. Click to find out about our knowledge to action approach and to download our useful KE resources.
Read our blogs and briefings relating to knowledge exchange and impact
- Getting evidence into action: how can we understand what we already know? (Monday 7 November 2016)
- Five tips for getting knowledge into action (Monday 8 August 2016)
- CRFR Briefing 79: Evaluating the Young Mothers’ Service using contribution analysis: lessons learned (January 2016)
- Partnerships for Impact- making research partnerships work (Thursday 1 October 2015)
- Progressing research impact – a ‘contributions’ approach (Tuesday 1 September 2015)
- Developing an evidence service for the children and families workforce (CRFR Briefing 73 – September 2014)
- Novel approaches to delivering knowledge exchange for academic research – what might be effective for the social sciences? (Monday 3 November 2014)
- Understanding K* and what it means for knowledge exchange in Scotland (Thursday 28 August 2014)
- How does research impact happen? (Thursday 24 April 2014)
- Journal Club: Is that clear? (Wednesday 19 March 2014)
- Making more sense out of evidence-based practice (Wednesday 12 March 2014)
- Getting the Word Out: A Journey in the Science and Practice of Bringing Evidence to Application and Impact (Wednesday 5 March 2014)
- Research impact, the long way round (Wednesday 11 December 2013)
- Claiming an evidence base for services and interventions CRFR conference briefing – 2013 (with Inspiring Scotland and Evaluation Support Scotland)
- Assessing research impact: A case study of participatory research (Briefing 66 2013)
- Parenting and support (Monday 22 October 2012)
- Developing evidence into action (Tuesday 16 October 2012)
- Using research to influence family services and policies (Monday 15 October 2012)
- Recording research impact (Tuesday 31 July 2012)
- Systems thinking, knowledge and action (Wednesday 14 March 2012)
- Walking amongst Canada’s knowledge moblizers (Thursday 12 January 2012)