TY - JOUR

T1 - From Knowledge to Action

T2 - The Potentials of Knowledge Portals

AU - Hjelmar, Ulf

AU - Møller, Anne Mette

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - In recent years, focus has been on the utilisation of research-based knowledge and evidence in social work policy and practice in order to make it more effective. A part of this process has been the launch of knowledge portals to make use of knowledge from research. In this article, we investigate how knowledge portals about vulnerable children and youth present knowledge and evidence, and how they try to work as ?knowledge brokers? or intermediaries of evidence. We argue that knowledge portals are not merely channels for dissemination of knowledge. Knowledge portals could be considered as part of a greater process of bringing knowledge to action, encompassing the social and organisational contexts of research utilisation. The article concludes by stating that knowledge portals have the potential to be effective instruments in knowledge-to-action processes. The two main challenges, however, are to define and communicate more clearly what is meant by ?knowledge?, and to view knowledge portals as part of a broader strategy of knowledge use.

AB - In recent years, focus has been on the utilisation of research-based knowledge and evidence in social work policy and practice in order to make it more effective. A part of this process has been the launch of knowledge portals to make use of knowledge from research. In this article, we investigate how knowledge portals about vulnerable children and youth present knowledge and evidence, and how they try to work as ?knowledge brokers? or intermediaries of evidence. We argue that knowledge portals are not merely channels for dissemination of knowledge. Knowledge portals could be considered as part of a greater process of bringing knowledge to action, encompassing the social and organisational contexts of research utilisation. The article concludes by stating that knowledge portals have the potential to be effective instruments in knowledge-to-action processes. The two main challenges, however, are to define and communicate more clearly what is meant by ?knowledge?, and to view knowledge portals as part of a broader strategy of knowledge use.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Knowledge portal

KW - Knowlede brokering

KW - Knowledge-to-action

KW - Vulnerable children

KW - evidence-based policy and practice

U2 - 10.1080/2156857X.2015.1109542

DO - 10.1080/2156857X.2015.1109542

M3 - Journal article

VL - 6

SP - 126

EP - 137

JO - Nordic Social Work Research

JF - Nordic Social Work Research

SN - 2156-857X

IS - 2

ER -