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- Hultqvist, Sara, 1977-, et al.
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Collaboration in Grant Proposals and Assessments in Ageing Research – Justification or a Quest for a Collaborology?
- 2021
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In: Social Epistemology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0269-1728 .- 1464-5297. ; 35:5, s. 427-440
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Orientation towards application, transdisciplinarity and social distribution are prominent ideas when policy prescribes how to conduct research on complex, real-world issues. Issues dealt with in ageing research are both epistemologically complex and politically contentious. By using the metaphor of ‘travelling ideas,' we have followed these ideas on their journey into 17 approved grant proposals on ageing and their assessments in Sweden in 2016. We considered collaboration as the modus operandi of the implementation of the three ideas. Thus, we analyzed how plans for collaboration were described in the data. The result shows that although the ideas were clearly present in the policy documents, they were almost eviscerated in the majority of proposals and assessments. Only three out of 17 proposals reflected the ideas. Thus, collaboration as an aspect of research was not codified. As long as there is no established way of describing collaboration, researchers struggle to invent their own tentative versions, that is, a collaborology.
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- Jönson, Håkan, et al.
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SAPO – en modell för samverkan mellan forskare och aktörer utanför akademin inom området äldre och åldrande
- 2021
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In: Äldre i Centrum Vetenskapligt supplement. - : Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum. - 2003-9050 .- 2003-9069. ; 1:1, s. 5-14
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- En åldrande befolkningen har identifierats som en samhällsutmaning. En tydlig utveckling inom forskning om sådana utmaningar är krav på medverkan från patientgrupper, brukarorganisationer och andra aktörer utanför akademin. Syftet med artikeln är att introducera en modell för utformning och värdering av samverkan mellan akademiska forskare och aktörer utanför akademin. Modellen bygger på en genomgång av internationellt etablerade traditioner och ramverk för sådan samverkan och ramas in av komponenterna syfte, aktör, process och omfattning (SAPO) eller enklare uttryckt genom frågorna: varför, med vem, när och hur mycket? Med hjälp av modellen kan både forskare och aktörer utanför akademin föra mer systematiska och kritiskt värderande resonemang om samverkan. Det kan i sin tur leda till effektivare arbetsformer och nyttiggörande av resultat från det mångfasetterade forskningsområde som rör den åldrande befolkningen.
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- Malm, Camilla, et al.
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What motivates informal carers to be actively involved in research, and what obstacles to involvement do they perceive?
- 2021
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In: Research Involvement and Engagement. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2056-7529. ; 7:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Due to demographic changes and a strained public sector operating in many countries globally, informal care is increasing. Currently, at least 1.3 million adults in Sweden regularly provide help, support and/or care to a family member/significant other. With no sign of an imminent decrease in their caring activities, it is important that informal carers are considered as a key stakeholder group within research that affects them, e.g., the co-design of carer and/or dyadic support interventions. The objective of this descriptive, quantitative study was to investigate informal carers’ perceived motivations and obstacles to become involved in research. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was adopted, using first-wave data from a panel study. The data, collected in Sweden between September 2019 and March 2020, included survey responses from 147 informal carers who were either aged 60+ years themselves or were caring for someone who was aged 60+ years. Results: Our main results showed that informal carers are, in general, interested in research. Slightly fewer were interested in becoming actively involved themselves, but older age was the only characteristic significantly associated with less interest of being actively involved. Two latent motivational dimensions emerged from the factor analysis: ‘family motivation’ and ‘the greater good motivation’. These, according to our results, almost equally valued dimensions, described the differing reasons for informal carers to become involved in research. The most common perceived obstacle was lack of time and it was reported by more women than men. Conclusion: Our study contributes with new knowledge of informal carers’ perceived motivations and obstacles regarding carer involvement in research. Paying attention to the differing motivational dimensions held by informal carers could help researchers create conditions for more inclusive and systematic participation of informal carers within research. Thereby, increasing the opportunities for research that is deemed to be of higher societal impact. IRRID (International Registered Report Identifier): RR2-10.2196/17759.
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