Co-Director @SPRExchange. Background in climate & sustainability science. Interested in #KnowledgeMobilisation #Complexity #Intersectionality #Transformations
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2011
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***JOB OPPORTUNITY***
Interested in becoming one of SPRE’s 2 Co-Directors? Want to find out more about how we work?
Sign-up to one of our Q&A sessions:
👉 1-2pm Wednesday 30th August
👉 1-2pm Monday 11th September
Full info and sign-up: bit.ly/SPRE-Co-Director
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Could you be our new Co-Director?
We're looking for someone to co-lead SPRE with @Dave_B_B to reshape the organisation & support more #equitable #ethical & #effective research-policy relationships in #Scotland
Apply: bit.ly/SPRE-Co-Director
Meet Dave: bit.ly/SPRE-Meet-Dave
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
🌟#Job Opportunity🌟
🔎 2nd Co-Director to co-lead SPRE's journey into more relational research-policy engagement, that centres #equity and #learning
Help shape the JD and recruitment approach until 10th Aug, then apply 10th Aug - 31st Oct
More info: bit.ly/SPRE-Co-Director
ALT SPRE's Co-Director recruitment £47,000 pa Remote & flexible working Supportive environment Some key capacities we're looking for... – Knowledge of research-policy landscape through an equity lens – Ability to develop & apply and 'intersectional praxis' – Ability to design & facilitate participatory learning
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
My take on what the initial decisions on REF mean for impact. Summary: these are mainly tweaks that address issues for which most institutions already found work-arounds. You can read the full announcement here repository.jisc.ac.uk/9148/1…
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Participatory Research Levels
Level 0 - No engagement in research with the communities that are most affected by an issue being explored
Level 1 - Harmful & unethical consultation - good intentions / bad practice
Level 2 - Minimal & occasional consultation, with no harm
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Please join us on Thursday 25th May, 1-2pm, to:
👉Share & celebrate SPRE's recent changes
👉Discuss the needs of the Scottish research-policy landscape.
🌟We'll also be launching recruitment for our second Co-Director position 🌟
Register here: bit.ly/SPRE-Relaunch
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
The Home Secretary says Govt will clamp down on child sexual exploitation, & new measures are proposed to ensure ‘political correctness’ will not impede a ‘crack down’ on exploitation. Whilst a focus on tackling sexual abuse is *obviously* a good thing, I have some thoughts…1/
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Neutral knowledge does not exist. Knowledge production or what and how we understand “reality” and “truth” is an extremely political process. What is “reality” or “truth”? How do we know this “reality”? Is there only one reality or are there many of them?
—Sylvia Tamale
Interested in how to shape policy with evidence? I can HIGHLY recommend this course.
I took it in 2021 & loved the theory + practical tools on:
-> How policy change happens
-> How power shapes knowledge
-> How to build effective strategies
bit.ly/policy-evidence
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Really great to see so many people at our lunchtime event on Rethinking 'Busyness' in Research-Policy Engagement.
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Want to join our journal club? The first event will be led by @allisonjmetz, who will present her recent research: Is implementation research out of step with implementation practice? We hope you will join is on Tuesday 15 November. Please sign up here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/transform…
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Interested in how we can rethink policy impact?
Join us for a week of lunchtime events and conversations that explore new ways of thinking about research-policy relations!
Registration details below 👇
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The need for research to have policy impact is widely accepted across higher education. But do current frameworks (REF, UKRI) foster the right behaviours? In this new report co-authored with @profkatsmith and @CleoDavies2, we set out new principles for guiding policy impact 1/11
The Rethinking Policy Impact project has published its final report with recommendations for REF, funders and Higher Education Institutions.
Setting out six core principles to guide frameworks for supporting policy impact.
Supported by @ESRC & @uoessps.
rse.org.uk/rethinking-policy…
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Looking for some lunchtime entertainment? Have you seen our webinars on the role of evidence intermediary organisations? Recordings and blogs are available now here transforming-evidence.org/ne…
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and every day, it's high time more of us men start speaking out in support of women's right to choose what happens to their own bodies. Abortion = essential healthcare, and we all gain from living in a society where this is respected. @MenEngage
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
Could you be our new chair or trustee?
You’d be working with Nick & Dave to establish a new values-led strategic direction focused on promoting new voices and perspectives in research-policy engagement.
Applications open till 14 Nov
bit.ly/SPREboard
Dave Blackbell (Bell) retweeted
A great opportunity with @RURUStAndrews associates @SPRExchange Please consider applying, especially if you're from an under-represented community in this space. If you're more established, you might like to encourage others to apply!
Really excited to be building a new @SPRExchange board.
We’re on a journey to take intersectional understandings of power and diversity seriously - and a board that ‘gets’ this is crucial!
Please share widely!
This is a brilliant opportunity and kudos to @SPRExchange for their emphasis on seeking board members from under-represented communities in this space.👏👏👏 Please consider applying for one of these roles...
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Our Network Manager is at a WPR Conference at Karlstad University today with Dave from @SPRExchange learning all about policy problem framing and knowledge production! They will also be presenting a workshop on the politics of engagement in practice 🥳
#WPRnetwork
ALT Laura and Dave in a photo together at Karlstad University