Practitioner research: collaboration and knowledge production

TY - JOUR

T1 - Practitioner research: collaboration and knowledge production

AU - Lunt, Neil

AU - Shaw, Ian

AU - Fouche, Christa

N1 - Special Issue:- The Politics of Co-Produced Research

PY - 2010/10

Y1 - 2010/10

N2 - Practitioner research has received growing attention across a number of professional fields, including health, social services and education. Supporting the development of practitioner research raises a series of important political questions addressed by the authors: how should projects and initiatives be sponsored; how are research questions best shaped; what arrangements exist for ongoing project support; and how are findings best shared? Drawing on two practitioner research initiatives from New Zealand and Scotland, this article points towards the opportunities and challenges of collaborative knowledge production within practice settings.

AB - Practitioner research has received growing attention across a number of professional fields, including health, social services and education. Supporting the development of practitioner research raises a series of important political questions addressed by the authors: how should projects and initiatives be sponsored; how are research questions best shaped; what arrangements exist for ongoing project support; and how are findings best shared? Drawing on two practitioner research initiatives from New Zealand and Scotland, this article points towards the opportunities and challenges of collaborative knowledge production within practice settings.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77952948402

U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2010.492185

DO - 10.1080/09540962.2010.492185

M3 - Special issue

SN - 0954-0962

VL - 30

SP - 235

EP - 242

JO - Public Money and Management

JF - Public Money and Management

IS - 4

ER -