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Embedding researchers into organisations : a study of the features of embedded research initiatives

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11/2021
Author
Ward, Vicky
Davies, Huw Talfryn Oakley
Reid, Benet
Tooman, Tricia Ray
Marshall, Martin
Keywords
Embedded research
Healthcare organisations
Knowledge mobilisation
H Social Sciences (General)
E-NDAS
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Abstract
Background : ‘Embedded research’ (co-locating researchers within non-academic organisations) is advocated as a way of developing more effective services through better creation and application of knowledge. Aims and objectives : The existing literature on embedded initiatives has largely been descriptive. There has been less in the way of analysis, for example, disaggregating the components of such schemes, unpacking underpinning logics, or comparing the diverse ways in which schemes are instantiated. We aimed to explore the nature and organisation of such schemes in health settings in the UK, with the objective of providing a systematised means of understanding their makeup. Methods : This study uses a focused literature review combined with a systematic scoping exercise of extant initiatives. We assembled documentation on each scheme (n=45) and conducted in-depth interviews in twelve of them (n=17). Analytically, we focused on surfacing and articulating the key features of embedded research initiatives in relation to their intent, structure and processes. Findings were then tested and validated during a co-production workshop with embedded researchers and their managers. Findings : We identified 26 ‘clusters’ of peer-reviewed papers detailing specific embedded research initiatives, and we explored 45 extant initiatives. The initiatives were varied in intent, structure and processes, but we were able to surface ten themes representing common features: intended outcomes, power dynamics, scale, involvement, proximity, belonging, functional activities, skill and expertise, relational roles, and learning and reflection. Discussion and conclusion : The themes uncovered can be used as a framework for guiding further systematic and evaluative enquiry on embedded research initiatives.
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Ward , V , Davies , H T O , Reid , B , Tooman , T R & Marshall , M 2021 , ' Embedding researchers into organisations : a study of the features of embedded research initiatives ' , Evidence & Policy , vol. 17 , no. 4 , pp. 593-614 . https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16165177580453
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Evidence & Policy
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16165177580453
ISSN
1744-2648
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © Bristol University Press 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits adaptation, alteration, reproduction and distribution for non-commercial use, without further permission provided the original work is attributed. The derivative works do not need to be licensed on the same terms.
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This work was supported by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme under grant number 16/52/21. This research was undertaken as part of the EMBEDDED project funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (16/52/21).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23201

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