Engaging with Policy, Practice and Publics : : Intersectionality and Impacts / / edited by Sarah Marie Hall and Ralitsa Hiteva.

• TeilnehmendeR: Hall, Sarah Marie,; Hiveta, Ralitsa,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Engagement with non-academic groups and actors - such as policy-makers, industry, charities and activist groups, communities, and the public - in the co-production of knowledge and real-world impact is increasingly important in academic research. Drawing on empirical research, interdisciplinary methodologies, and broad international perspectives, this collection offers a critical examination of the liminal space of interactions between policy and research as spaces of difference and engagement, showing them to be far from apolitical. The authors consider what, and who, are present in these encounter spaces and examine how pre-existing perceptions about differences in social identity, positionality and knowledge can affect engagement, equity and research outcomes.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Engaging with policy, practice and publics: an introduction -- Encounters with difference -- Dwarfism expectations: intersections of gender, disability and (hetero)sexuality in engagements with potential participants -- 'You're not from 'round 'ere, are you?' Class, accent and dialect as opportunity and obstacle in research encounters -- Experts and expertise -- Participants as experts in their own lives: researching in post-industrial, intergenerational and post-colonial space -- Encounter(ing) spaces and experts: negotiating stakeholder relations within infrastructure research -- Theorising transdisciplinary research encounters: energy and Illawarra, Australia -- Research, power and institutions -- Nomadic positionings: a call for critical approaches to disability policy in Canada -- Critic, advocate, enforcer: the multiple roles of academics in public policy -- Conclusions: encountering and building on difference -- Index