A Knowledge Broker is one approach for facilitating the integration of evidence-informed decision making in public health practice.
In this paper, the findings from two studies investigating a Knowledge Broker intervention as a means of enhancing capacity for evidence-informed decision making are presented.
By his own job description, Mr. Beylerian is a "gadfly," a "knowledge broker," a "dirty old merchant" and "a materials freak purely as a dilettante".
Here, values and biases compete with knowledge, and it is essential that the role of the adviser be understood and protected as a knowledge broker.
We're also a knowledge broker – we run a service called practical answers, which handles technical enquiries from far beyond where we have programmes, and we have a subsidiary that takes what we have learnt and uses it more widely.
But what exactly is a knowledge broker?
"Knowledge broker roles tend to be hybrid, emerging, and ambiguous," adds Knight.
Not many people working in this sector have "knowledge broker" in their job title, Meyer says.
"Being a knowledge broker means you can help make a difference," he says.
Someone who is interested in becoming a knowledge broker should also take advantage of any training in project management at your university, she advises.
The position informed by network theory and organizational memory, where the intermediary is seen as a "knowledge broker" (A. Hargadon & Sutton, 1997).
