Hering Janet G
Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
IBP, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Sustain Sci. 2016;11(2):363-369. doi: 10.1007/s11625-015-0314-8. Epub 2015 Jun 10.
"More research is needed" is an iconic catchphrase used by scientists worldwide. Yet policy and management decisions are continually being made with variable levels of reliance on scientific knowledge. Funding agencies have provided incentives for knowledge exchange at the interfaces between science and policy or practice, yet it remains the exception rather than the rule within academic institutions. An important step forward would be the establishment and professionalization of knowledge brokering (i.e., as a complement to existing technology transfer and communications departments). This would require an explicit commitment of resources by both funding agencies and institutions. Many academic scientists are genuinely interested in the applications of their research. This interest could be stimulated by providing support for the process of knowledge brokering and by integrating the natural, social, and engineering sciences to address broad policy- and practice-relevant questions.
“需要更多研究”是全球科学家使用的一个标志性口头禅。然而，政策和管理决策一直在做出，对科学知识的依赖程度各不相同。资助机构为科学与政策或实践之间的知识交流提供了激励措施，但在学术机构中这仍然是例外而非惯例。向前迈出的重要一步将是建立知识中介并使其专业化（即作为现有技术转让和通信部门的补充）。这将需要资助机构和院校明确投入资源。许多学术科学家对其研究的应用确实感兴趣。通过为知识中介过程提供支持，并整合自然科学、社会科学和工程科学来解决与政策和实践广泛相关的问题，可以激发这种兴趣。
