Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation (2013)
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The First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation, also known as the First I2S Conference, was held in Canberra in Australia, online and at three co-conferences (in Lueneburg in Germany, The Hague in the Netherlands and Montevideo in Uruguay) from 8-11 September 2013.
The conference was innovative in its underlying concept and processes, particularly the focus on overcoming fragmentation, a monster networking event, the co-conferences and digital posters.
This collection contains some of the digital posters from that conference.WHY DIGITAL POSTERS?
Forget presenting to an audience of five in a windowless hotel room. No more standing alone by your poster while everyone else is drinking wine and chatting.
Enjoy more opportunity to find out about the research and teaching of others interested in research integration and implementation.
The First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation is providing an innovative way for you to both showcase your research and teaching and to learn about the contributions of others – digital posters.
Digital posters become available for viewing by anyone interested in the conference – anywhere in the world – as soon as they have been accepted. They are therefore available in the months and weeks leading up to the conference and will also remain viewable after the conference.
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Item Open Access Learning from Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) programs in Sub-Saharan Africa(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Rodriguez, Luis; Walker, Daniel; Maru, Yiheyis; Ison, Ray; Wanjura, WolfFood security: a global problem deeper in SSA. Globally 870 million people still chronically undernourished in 2010–12. The vast majority live in developing countries. In most countries of Sub Saharan Africa, the prevalence of undernourishment ranges from moderately high to very high. Food Security Propositions | Rodriguez et al. 2Item Open Access Tools for grading evidence: strengths, weaknesses, and the impact on effective knowledge translation(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Irving, Michelle; Cherbuin, Nic; Eramudugolla, Ranmalee; Butterworth, Peter; O'Donoughue Jenkins, Lily; Anstey, KaarinRating evidence and knowledge translation: Could grading tools be selling us short? Knowledge Translation is defined by the World Health Organization as “the synthesis, exchange, and application of knowledge by relevant stakeholders to accelerate the benefits of global and local innovation in strengthening health systems and improving people’s health” (WHO, 2005). This objective is compromised when a body of research is oversimplified, graded incorrectly, or not fully understood by those relying on flawed grading systems to inform their decision making.Item Open Access National preventive health research strategy 2013-2018(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Cameron, HelenContext:The Preventative Health taskforce (2009) called for a National Strategic Framework for preventive health research in Australia: the Healthiest Country by 2020. The Taskforce saw the need for better research translating evidence into policy and practice. The Australian National Preventive Health Agency established the Expert Committee on Research in 2011 with the development of a research strategy as its prime task. The Agency has developed this strategy using an extensive stakeholder consultation process and launched it on 26 June 2013.Item Open Access Interdisciplinarity: Q & A(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bursztyn, MarcelWhat is interdisciplinarity? •Problems are non-disciplinary •People are trained to be disciplinary •Teams can be multidisciplinary •Methods can enable interdisciplinary practices •The result of interdisciplinarity is usually transdisciplinary 2Item Open Access The quest for interdisciplinarity in a disciplinarized university(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bursztyn, MarcelInterdisciplinarity •Rigid academic structures vs. demands for flexibility •How to reform intelligent structures of intelligence? •The challenge of legitimising interdisciplinary researchItem Open Access Integrating research in the humanities: the HuNI virtual laboratory(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Verhoeven, Deb; Burrows, TobyIntegrating the Humanities - The humanities and creative arts cover a wide variety of disciplines, from archaeology and linguistics to film and media •Existing discipline-based structures and organizations encourage specialization, and discourage collaboration between humanities disciplines •The same approach has also resulted in a proliferation of discipline-specific digital resources and datasets •This discipline-centred specialization tends to exclude the wider public and the staff of cultural institutions •And yet: the “big questions” in the humanities require an interdisciplinary approach and an integrated pool of data •Working with disciplines outside the humanities also requires an interdisciplinary approach and an integrated pool of humanities data to draw onItem Open Access Building better mental models with physical analogues: Tubs and pumps - a hands-on activity(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Browne, Chris; Newell, Barry; Compston, PaulIt can be hard to understand cause-and-effect structures in complex problems. Simple Models provide insights that can build understanding. A Physical Analogue provides a shared conceptual metaphor to navigate complex problems.Item Open Access The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bricage, PierreIASCYS main purposes are: to honour very distinguished authors in the area of systemics and cybernetics; to make the movement of systemic behaviour stronger, because it can offer an essential help to humankind that needs more than a one-sided behaviour to overcome the current crises without war on the global level; to influence the current civilisationItem Open Access AFSCET - Association Française de science des Systèmes Cybernétiques cognitifs Et Techniques(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bricage, PierreEvery day, engineers, managers, teachers, researchers, politicians, face tasks of great complexity. To be efficient their action has to articulate the apprehension and conceptualisation of complex situations what supposes good descriptions and operating models. This assertion does not encounter many objections but is difficult to put into practice. Indeed, rare are the places where models can be developed, tested, confronted and improved without exclusion or dogmatism. We need cognitive and technical tools to think and act in our complex world. One of the main goals of AFSCET is to be a place for explanation, discussion and confrontation of practices and teachings from diverse horizons through a trans-disciplinary way of thinking. Debates are anchored in the Systemic Approach which is rooted into the information theory and Cybernetics. Systemics favours inter-disciplinary approaches, just as sciences of complexity and sciences of cognition did afterwards. That results in one of the most remarkable scientific developments of the last quarter of century.Item Open Access Transdisciplinary research for a collective future: working with transformational change(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Brown, ValerieThe story of the poster: the world is in the process of transformational change; working with transformational change calls for transdisciplinary inquiry; transdisciplinary inquiry requires a collective mind; a collective mind draws on collective learning and asks collective questionsItem Open Access Choicepoints(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bradbury, Hilary•Seven criteria can be used to evaluate action research. •They derive from reflection on many examples of action research over decades. •The criteria are actively used to evaluate papers during peer review in the Action Research journal. Authors really appreciate the transparency. •In sum they show the dimensionality of our work which promises rigor and vigor. (Taken from summary).Item Open Access Collaboration & team science: a field guide(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bennett, L Michelle; Levine-Finley, Samantha; Gadlin, HowardScience is at the center of the interdisciplinary collaboration. The challenge to be solved provides the basis for bringing a group together with varied backgrounds and expertise to address the problem. If the dynamics of the collaboration are not tended to, the team can derail and end up focusing more time on managing issues like data sharing or miscommunications. (Taken from page 2 of poster)Item Open Access Collaboration = harnessing and managing difference(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Bammer, GabrieleThe point of collaboration is to combine different skills or attributesItem Open Access Dangerous failure of scientific process: a case of collective amnesia(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Ball, RowenaHow collaboration between mathematicians and chemical engineers can save livesItem Open Access What is the contribution of infrastructure to service delivery? Methodological challenges faced during an evaluation of law and justice built infrastructure in Papua New Guinea(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Baker, Alison; Cifuentes, Mariana; Roberts, JoanneObjective of evaluation:*PNG-Australia Law and Justice Partnership (GoPNG-GoA) *AusAID funded evaluation *The focus of the evaluation was to provide an understanding of how investments in infrastructure had contributed to service delivery *Traditionally, the provision of infrastructure is seen as an enabler rather than contributing more broadly to the quality of service provided *This evaluation challenged this understanding by testing relationships between the quality of infrastructure and service deliveryItem Open Access Exploring interactions between social, ecological & economic impact assessments in marine ecosystems(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Astles, KarenGovernments are shifting their approaches in natural resource management (NRM) towards greater emphasis on balancing social, ecological & economic aspects The objective is to provide outcomes for society in all areas by including communities’ social and economic values as well the environmentItem Open Access The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS)(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Assimakopoulos, Nikitas A; Varsos, Dimitrios SThe HSSS is a scientific non-profit society whose main goals are: to advance and promote Systemic Studies with the development of theoretical systemic approaches that are applicable to more than one of the traditional fields of knowledge through the use but also through the development of internationally accepted methodologies - multimethodologies, and to establish the discipline of the Systemic Analyst in Greece, in academia as well as organizations and enterprises in the public and private sectors (Taken from page 2 of poster)Item Open Access Implementing practice change: a strategy and a toolkit to reduce sharps injuries in health care and medical services(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Antonsson, Ann-Beth; Schmidt, Lisa; Östlund, GabriellaOur implementation philosophy National intervention –Integrate in education for health care professionals –Provide support through the web for professionals in health care and medical services –Cooperation with strategic allies - implementation through existing actors with high legitimacy –Alignment with other interests, e.g. patient safety and hygiene Support top and middle management. In order to make it easy for them to do the right thing Concrete advice on how to avoid sharps injuries on the workplace level. Good practice will reduce sharps injuries by more than 80 % –Need for awareness, and education –Need for managers to inform and follow-up –Need to convert to safety products (policy decision)(Taken from page 3 of poster)Item Open Access Integrated research: linking across multi- inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Allen, Will; Ogilvie, Shaun; Jacobson, Chris; Blackie, Helen; Ataria, JamesOur research context •Centre for Wildlife Management & Conservation (CWMC) at Lincoln University •The success of research in contributing to integrated wildlife management relies on the participation and involvement of different disciplines and stakeholders •Our research is also integrated and contributes directly to support management efforts on-the-ground by a range of different stakeholder groups (Taken from second page of poster)Item Open Access Learning for Sustainability(LfS) site(Australian National University, 2013-09-08) Allen, WillThe site highlights the wide range of social skills and processes that are needed to support constructive collaboration, and indicates how these skills and processes can be interwoven to achieve more integrated and effective outcomes.(Taken from page 3 of poster)