Cross Disciplinary Working

Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange

Partnership working is increasingly crucial to project development and dealing with critical research questions.

This year Exeter has signed strategic partnerships agreements with a number of organisations including the National Trust. Within SSIS we have also formalised our relationship with Devon and Cornwall Police, a relationship that supports research in several departments and across the university. The National Trust are partners on the RENEW project, and SSIS has a long established relationship with Devon and Cornwall Police so these are partnerships we hope to progress further. In another exciting development we have also appointed Dr Steven Emery to a joint position between the Centre for Rural Policy Research in SPA and Rothamsted Research.

Andy Jones (Impact Fellow) is now embedded in SSIS and has been talking to colleagues across the College to understand what has contributed to successful Knowledge Exchange (KE) in the past, and how we can best support KE engagement in the future. Time, Access, Support and Know-how have all been identified as challenges to delivering KE, although the specific nature of these varies depending on academic career stage.