51.010 - PDC23: Building Researchers' Capacity to Partner With Practitioners to Conduct Relevant and Useful Research

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

The learning objectives for early career scholars and advanced researchers participating in this course are to develop a deeper understanding of the various types of research-practice partnerships’ features, developmental stages, and indicators of success; gain insight into the types of roles individuals play in a partnership and the process for developing a partnership; construct a theory of action for a research-practice partnership; describe the steps needed to negotiate a research agenda; and explain processes and strategies used to establish and maintain a research-practice partnership’ s momentum. The instructors will use a combination of brief presentations and hands-on exercises to build the participants’ capacity to partner with practitioners to conduct relevant research. Hard copies of all of the materials needed for the course will be provided by the instructors with the exception of the pre-course required reading materials.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructor

• Shazia R. Miller, NORC at the University of Chicago