Partnership in knowledge creation: Lessons learned from a researcher-policy actor partnership to co-produce a rapid appraisal case study of South Australia's Social Inclusion Initiative

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-96

  Newman, Lareen ^a   Biedrzycki, Kate ^b   Patterson, Jan ^c   Baum, Fran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Social Inclusion Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interactive knowledge creation; Partnership; Policy actor; Researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873822561     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426411X553025     Document Type: Review

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