Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector
dc.contributor.author | Baker, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Ward, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Turner, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Webber, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Sweetapple, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Drake, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Melville-Shreeve, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Fu, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Cherington-Rimmell, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Farmani, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Butler, D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-23T09:09:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-22 | |
dc.description.abstract | Societal, economic and environmental impact generated by academic research is a key focus of publicly funded research in the UK. Drawing on experiences from the Safe & SuRe project, a five-year research project that was co-produced with industry, this paper explores the challenges, learnings and benefits of co-producing research with academics and practitioners to create a more resilient UK water sector. Three aspects of the project are explored in detail: the use of a steering group, co-developing research intensively with a water company, and co-dissemination industry-facing events. Emerging themes include: (1) benefits of the industry steering group to develop working relationships and trust among the group; (2) increased dialogue and sharing of information between industry and academics going beyond the one-way communication more commonly reported by STEM academics; and (3) the value of co-disseminating research to maintain and engage new connections and spark new research questions. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 4 (2), pp. 150 - 168 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14324/RFA.04.2.02 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/K006924/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/122971 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | UCL Press | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 Baker, Ward, Turner, Webber, Sweetapple, Drake, Thomas, Melville-Shreeve, Fu, Cherington-Rimmell, Farmani and Butler. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | co-creation | en_GB |
dc.subject | co-dissemination | en_GB |
dc.subject | co-production | en_GB |
dc.subject | engagement | en_GB |
dc.subject | evaluation | en_GB |
dc.subject | water sector | en_GB |
dc.title | Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-23T09:09:23Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2399-8121 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from UCL Press via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Research for All | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-05-26 | |
exeter.funder | ::Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-09-22 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-09-22T15:29:00Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-09-23T09:09:28Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA |
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