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TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring and Exploiting the Dynamics of Networks in Complex Applied Research Projects
T2 - A Reflection on Learning in Action
AU - Coughlan, Paul
AU - Coghlan, David
AU - Rigg, Clare
AU - O'Leary, Denise
PY - 2021/10/31
Y1 - 2021/10/31
N2 - Since 1984, the European Union (EU) has supported research and development activities covering almost all scientific disciplines through a series of multi-annual Framework Programmes. The current programme is Horizon 2020. Common across the key indicators of research project performance have been actions by companies, including introduce and test innovations new to the company or the market. Initiatives to achieve these objectives require researchers to generate transdisciplinary knowledge in partnership with practitioners as co-researchers. This paper reflects on the authors’ experience of engaging in five EU-funded complex applied research projects over 20 years. The paper locates the process of the five projects in network action learning and Mode 2 knowledge production. It offers a theoretical framework expressed in three hypotheses to guide those who design and implement projects, those who approve and provide funding, and those who exploit and build upon the resulting research.
AB - Since 1984, the European Union (EU) has supported research and development activities covering almost all scientific disciplines through a series of multi-annual Framework Programmes. The current programme is Horizon 2020. Common across the key indicators of research project performance have been actions by companies, including introduce and test innovations new to the company or the market. Initiatives to achieve these objectives require researchers to generate transdisciplinary knowledge in partnership with practitioners as co-researchers. This paper reflects on the authors’ experience of engaging in five EU-funded complex applied research projects over 20 years. The paper locates the process of the five projects in network action learning and Mode 2 knowledge production. It offers a theoretical framework expressed in three hypotheses to guide those who design and implement projects, those who approve and provide funding, and those who exploit and build upon the resulting research.
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.12482
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.12482
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 1440
EP - 1455
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
SN - 1045-3172
IS - 4
ER -