9.00     Registration and coffee

9.15     Welcome and Chair
             Heather Wilkinson, Co-Director, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

9.30     What does it mean to use research
             Sandra Nutley, Professor of Public Management, The University of Edinburgh

10.15   Using research in the real world: a research users perspective
             Helen Chambers, Head of Strategy and Delivery, Inspiring Scotland

10.35   Reflecting on ten years of knowledge exchange at CRFR
             Sarah Morton, Co-Director (Knowledge Exchange) and Knowledge
             Exchange Team, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

11.00   Coffee

11.20   Workshops
             (Delegates to select one workshop to attend)

             Taking the long view: overcoming barriers to research use
             Marsha Scott, Consultant and UK Expert on the European Observatory on Violence              against Women and Nel Whiting, Scottish Women’s Aid

             Duddingston Room, John McIntyre Centre

             This workshop will focus on a successful collaboration between social science
             researchers and the voluntary sector which saw the active dissemination of
             ground-breaking research to a large number of social care practitioners. It will
             explore the issues involved when a clash of paradigms (between medical and social
             model approaches and gendered and ungendered approaches) occur in both
             research and practice.

             IRISS: practical approaches to research into practice
             Ellen Daly, Claire Lightowler and Lisa Pattoni, Institute for Research & Innovation
             in Social Services

             Holyrood Room, John McIntyre Centre

             This workshop will explore the key initiatives, tools, and challenges underpinning              IRISS'sevidence-informed practice approach to embed research use in a non-academic
             setting and across organisational boundaries.

             An introduction to issues in assessing research impact
             Sarah Morton, Co-Director (Knowledge Exchange),
             Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

             Salisbury Room, John McIntyre Centre

              An introduction to assessing the impact of social research, this workshop will consider              some of the challenges of assessing research impact and some of the emerging
             practice around methods. Part presentation and part discussion this will allow
             participants to engage with the issues and think about how they might start to tackle
             assessing their own research impact.
             (The workshop covers some of the same ground as the training workshop on the
             29th November).

12.30   Lunch and marketplace
             View the exhibitors

1.30     Knowledge mobilization from the perspective of a prince and a cat
             David Phipps, Director, Research Services and Knowledge Exchange,
             York University, Ontario, Canada

2.05     Social science for Scotland
             Gill Clark, Senior Principal Researcher, Social Research and Analysis
             in Government Unit, Scottish Government

2.20     Looking to the future
              Ann Millar, Assistant Director, Research and Innovation Group,
             Scottish Funding Council

3.00     Coffee

3.15     Parallel sessions
             (Delegates to select one session to attend)

             New ways of engaging communities

             Chair: Sarah Morton

              The impact of social research: diminishing discrepancies and bridging gaps
             Vania Ranjbar, University of Edinburgh

              The benefits of knowledge exchange – a community engager’s perspective
             Tom Wakeford, University of Edinburgh

              Approaching knowledge exchange narratively: the therapy and theology project
              Alette Willis and Liz Bondi, The University of Edinburgh

             Collaborative approaches to knowledge exchange

             Chair: Lynn Jamieson

             Breaking down barriers: public participation in Ayrshire & Arran
             – how to transform the NHS
             Irene Campbell, NHS Ayrshire & Arran

             Social Research that matters – two perspectives from Scotland
             Mike Woolvin and Artur Steinerowski, Scottish Agricultural College

             Govanhill - a  community engagement project
             Rani Dhanda, University of Strathclyde

             Towards a sustainable society: linking different social and technical partners
             in the process of sustainable urban and town development
             Joanneke Kruijsen, Robert Gordon University

             Approaches to knowledge brokering

            Chair: David Phipps

            Developing parenting services through knowledge exchange
            Karen Mountney, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

            Mapping knowledge brokerage in the College of Humanities and Social Science,
            The University of Edinburgh
            Christine Knight, ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum
            and Claire Lightowler, IRISS

            From knowledge translation to exchange and brokerage: developing outcomes
            focused policy and practice in health and social care in Scotland
             Ailsa Cook, The University of Edinburgh and Emma Miller,  
            Glasgow School of Social Work

            Influencing policy and practice

            Chair: Sarah Cunningham-Burley

            Knowledge in process: a study about evidence based local health policy
            Joyce de Goede, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

            Using research to shape public perceptions and influence policy: what can
            we learn from the ‘tobacco wars’?
            Katherine Smith, University of Edinburgh

            Facilitating relationship support for ‘mixed’ couples and families: academic
            and voluntary sector collaborative
            Elaine Bauer, London South Bank University and Cat Houlston, One Plus One

            Moving from data to information: the role of evaluation in
            a transformation process
            Sandra Cunning, Kinark Child and Family Services, Ontario, Canada

            Communication and translation

            Chair: Heather Wilkinson

            Using and sharing social research in school
            Katrin Prager, The James Hutton Institute

            Using social media in research communication
            Lesley Kelly, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

4.45    Closing remarks

5.00    Book launch and drinks reception

6.00   Close                                                                                                            



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