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Mikael Klintman

Mikael Klintman

Professor

Mikael Klintman

Unboxing knowledge in collaboration between academia and society : A story about conceptions and epistemic uncertainty

Author

  • Anna Jonsson
  • Maria Grafström
  • Mikael Klintman

Summary, in English

Policymakers increasingly emphasize knowledge collaboration between academia and society as important means to generate innovations and solve complex issues. However, while recent literature on such collaboration suggests that knowledge needs to be integrated and generated across disciplines and sectors, there are surprisingly few studies that define what is meant by ‘knowledge’ or focus on the process of generating knowledge. Subsequently, the aim of this paper is to unbox ‘knowledge’ in knowledge collaboration by focusing specifically on how knowledge is understood by heterogenous actors during the process of generating knowledge. We build on insights from an in-depth case study and contribute to the literature on knowledge collaboration by bringing in theory on boundary work that specifically addresses the knowledge generation process. We argue that to better meet the expectations of collaboration, there is a need for more discussions and focus on the participating stakeholders’ heterogenous epistemological as well as ontological understanding.

Department/s

  • Organizational Studies
  • Department of Sociology
  • Sociology

Publishing year

2022-03-08

Language

English

Pages

583-597

Publication/Series

Science and Public Policy

Volume

49

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Business Administration

Status

Published

Project

  • Beyond the market stalls and ivory towers: A study on integrated science for sustainable provision of knowledge

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1471-5430