Learning Event: Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination, organized within the Accelerate project
The Accelerate project aims to strengthen Uptake, Use, and Impact (UUI) of VLIRUOS projects. A key step in this effort is to offer you a series of learning events aimed at building shared understanding and practical guidance that will accelerate UUI across the entire VLIRUOS community.
We are pleased to invite you to the Learning Event 2: Knowledge Transfer and Dissemination, organized within the Accelerate project.
In person: KU Leuven, Parkstraat 47 (room 5300), 3000 Leuven
Online: Zoom link will be provided after registration
This session will focus on strategies to communicate research results including non-academic audiences. Topics include the role of knowledge intermediaries and brokers, science communication, dissemination channels (media, policy briefs, toolkits, videos, demonstration sites), and how to develop accessible communication products.
Guest speakers:
- David Mubiru (Uganda): From Research to Impact: Lessons from farmer community-based research
- Fausto Cardoso (Ecuador): Knowledge takes up no space: The importance of establishing respectful & transparent communication, appropriate to the circumstances.
Programme overview:
- (20 min) Introduction & framing (UUI concepts and relevance)
- (30 min) David Mubiru & Q&A
- (10 min) Break
- (30 min) Fausto Cardoso & Q&A
- (30 min) Roundtable discussion (participatory workshop)
- (20 min) Closing plenary
The event is free and open to both academic and non-academic staff. We invite in-person and online participants to share their valuable insights during the Q&A and the roundtable discussion.
If you are willing to be involved in either capacity for any of the upcoming learning events, please indicate your interest via the form.
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