Working together: A methodological case study of 'engaged scholarship'

Cuthill, Michael

doi:10.5130/ijcre.v3i0.584

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“…Arguably, a more focused approach is required, while still maintaining appropriate opportunities for stakeholder participation. Early development of stakeholder communication and engagement plans can help manage this requirement (Cuthill, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Collaboration in a Competitive Environment: Evaluation of and Reflections on an Integrated “Youth at Risk” Project

Cuthill

Wilson

Nielsen

2008

JYD

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This paper reports on the activities, processes and outputs in the first 18 months of a 3 year collaborative project, the Gold Coast Integrated Response for Youth At Risk. Survey, focus group and interview data were collected from project participants as part of a formative evaluation. Results identify both success and ongoing challenges within the project. Five key findings from the project are presented and discussed. These relate to issues such as the need for well designed project evaluation, and negotiating and clearly defining governance processes during the initial project planning stages. In addition, stakeholder communication and engagement processes are identified as an area of concern. The inherent tension of working collaboratively in a competitive (funding) culture and finding an operational balance between developmental processes and more tangible project outputs are also discussed.

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“…However, these benefits have not been well articulated. This lack of evidence continues to hinder the introduction and acceptance of a collaborative approach between community, governments and other stakeholders (Cuthill, 2007;Hoatson, & Egan, 2001). …”

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Collaboration in a Competitive Environment: Evaluation of and Reflections on an Integrated “Youth at Risk” Project

Cuthill

Wilson

Nielsen

2008

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“…The project is being undertaken by authors of this article in partnership with the Queensland Department of Communities, Gold Coast City Council and Ipswich City Council. The project has an action‐research methodology (Cuthill 2007; Greenwood and Levin 2007) and is currently being implemented at the two sites, Gold Coast and Ipswich, as two contrasting communities with ageing populations.…”

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Achieving Effective Collaborations to Help Communities Age Well

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Effective policy responses to the ageing of the population are a priority area for government and non-government agencies across Australia, particularly at the community level. This article focuses on the policy goal of ageing well at the local level, and more specifically, the strong principle of collaboration that underpins this goal. Too little is known about how to achieve effective collaboration in the ageing field. This article aims to address this by developing an analytical framework from the broad literature on collaborative processes, and applying this framework to data collected from interviews with stakeholders in ageing across two local communities in Queensland. While participants recognise the importance and strength of working together and provide local examples of how this has been achieved effectively, they also acknowledge the associated challenges and complexity. This all spanned the six factors of the framework: the context of ageing; the characteristics and relationships between partners; the need for adequate procedures; as well as structure and relationships aimed at building capacity; a shared sense of purpose; and access to adequate resources.

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“…The project was implemented in two different southeast Queensland urban contexts, and involved building at each site a local collaboration of stakeholders from different sectors with an interest in developing ageing well initiatives. The project adopted an action research methodology, which facilitated the development of new and shared forms of knowledge as a basis for collaborative local action (Rahman, 1993;Cuthill, 2010;. The researchers had the role of participantobservers throughout the formation and operation of the collaborating groups.…”

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More than Just a Talkfest: The Process of Developing Collaborations in Ageing across Two Different Community Types

Warburton

Everingham

Cuthill

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Urban Policy and Research

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In the contemporary context, collaborations between different sectors are increasingly being used to solve complex policy problems. This includes those posed by population ageing, as one of the principal demographic forces shaping the policy agenda of countries such as Australia. This article draws on findings from a three-year research project designed to develop effective collaborations aimed at achieving local initiatives associated with ageing well within the community. The specific aim of this article is to analyse and compare the process of collaboration that developed in two different urban communities, employing a conceptual framework of effective collaboration developed from the literature. The framework comprises six inter-connected factors-the context, member characteristics, processes and procedures, structures and relationships, the purpose or goal of the collaboration, and the available resources. The two study communities comprised one traditional ageing-in-place context and one sea change environment, in order to look for similarities and differences across alternative urban environments associated with population ageing. The intention of the article is to contribute to knowledge around building effective community-based collaborations.

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Working together: A methodological case study of 'engaged scholarship'

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Collaboration in a Competitive Environment: Evaluation of and Reflections on an Integrated “Youth at Risk” Project

Collaboration in a Competitive Environment: Evaluation of and Reflections on an Integrated “Youth at Risk” Project

Achieving Effective Collaborations to Help Communities Age Well

More than Just a Talkfest: The Process of Developing Collaborations in Ageing across Two Different Community Types

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