The future of knowledge brokering: perspectives from a generational framework of knowledge management for international development

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dc.contributor.authorCummings, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorKiwanuka, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorGillman, Helen
dc.contributor.authorRegeer, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-01T21:24:51Z
dc.date.available2022-03-01T21:24:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractKnowledge brokering has a crucial role in the field of international development because it is able to act as a cognitive bridge between many different types of knowledge, such as between local and global knowledge. Much of the research on knowledge brokering has focused on knowledge brokering between research, policy and practice, rather than looking at its wider implications. In addition, there appears to be no literature on the future of knowledge brokering, either within or outside the development sector. Given the apparent absence of literature on the future of knowledge brokering, a discussion group was held with experts in the field of knowledge management for development (KM4D) in April 2017 to consider their opinions on the future of knowledge brokering. Their opinions are then compared to the generational framework of KM4D, developed in a series of iterations by researchers in mainstream (non-development) knowledge management (KM) and KM4D researchers. In this framework, five generations of KM4D with different key perspectives, methods and tools have been identified. Based on the inputs from the experts in the discussion group, the future of knowledge brokering practice in international development appears to resemble practice-based, fourth generation KM4D, while there is some evidence of the emergence of fifth generation KM4D with its more systematic, societal perspective on knowledge. Given that the Sustainable Development Goals are providing a universal framework which is relevant to both organizational and societal KM4D, a new systemic conceptualization of KM4D is proposed which brings both of these strands together in one integrated framework linked to the SDGs. The SDGs also support the call for a new knowledge brokering practice with a greater emphasis on brokering knowledge between organizational and societal actors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCummings, S., Kiwanuka, S., Gillman, H., & Regeer, B. (2019). The future of knowledge brokering: perspectives from a generational framework of knowledge management for international development. Information Development, 35(5), 781-794. DOI: 10.1177/0266666918800174en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1177/0266666918800174
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2392
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInformation Developmenten_US
dc.subjectKnowledge brokeringen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge managementen_US
dc.subjectInternational developmenten_US
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.titleThe future of knowledge brokering: perspectives from a generational framework of knowledge management for international developmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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