Knowledge Into Action

At Middlesex University

Tuesday 27 February 2024,

from 15:30-17:30pm.

C115 College Building.

Light refreshment will be available.

In Person

Please register via Eventbrite

Online

Please sign up on Zoom for Online Registration:https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcemvrT0oHdea5533BM8u5xUdawZsBjvh

Synopsis

As part of this year’s run-up to the annual Knowledge into Action Lab on May 15th and 16th, the Theme Directors are hosting a dialogue session on the fundamental question of what we, as an academic community, understand by “knowledge” and what it means to put it “into action”.This session will take place on Tuesday 27 February, from 15:30-17:30, Room C115 College Building and on Zoom.We welcome colleagues and in particular Early Career Researchers and Postgraduates from Science & Technology, Arts & Creative, Business & Law and Health, Social Care & Education to share in this dialogue so we can learn from each other.

There are many different ways of knowing, all with their own criteria and their own relationship to practice. How can we gain adeeper understanding of what we mean by knowledge and how do the different ways of knowing in our disciplines allcontribute to Middlesex’ strategic aim of producing knowledge and shaping it into action in order to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges? We will address questions such as: what is the link between activism, knowledge and practice? Are there different kinds of knowledge and if so, what is their function, what are their criteria/boundaries and how are they related? Which understandings of knowledge are important in and for our University, our constituencies and society as a whole, or even also the non-human world?

The topic will be introduced by a panel of speakers representing our four faculties and their different epistemological orientations:

Dr David Adams, Senior Lecturer in Transdisciplinary Practice

Profesor Balbir Barn, Professor of Software Engineering

Professor Eleonore Kofman, Professor of Social Policy

Professor Jayne Osgood, Professor in Education

Dr Neelam Raina, Associate Professor in Design and Development

Professor Johan Siebers, Professor of Philosophy of Language and Communication,and Theme Director for Sustainable Communities, will moderate.

Each panellist will give a short introduction on what “knowledge” and “knowledge into action” means for them,from their own disciplinary perspective. This will be followed by a conversation and plenary dialogue.Join us for a reflective exploration of some of the fundamentals of what it means to put knowledge into action and how this might continue to shape our University mission!

*We will be holding further sessions for ECRs, Knowledge in ActionShowcases and Trans-disciplinarity in March and April.

Online Registrations via Zoom:

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcemvrT0oHdea5533BM8u5xUdawZsBjvh

Light refreshment will be available.

Any questions please Contact Nicola Skinner: n.skinner@mdx.ac.uk

Thank you

Knowledge Into Action: Knowledge Dialogue