Future of the Armed Forces Research Integrator: Programme Integration and Knowledge Exchange Strategy

在《武装力量的未来召唤》资助的四个研究项目中，有很大的协同作用和附加值的潜力。将研究与相关的学术、政策和从业人员活动相结合，需要正式的规划、实际的协调以及与用户和更广泛的利益攸关方社区的持续接触。我们的方法提供了承诺的透明度，强调互动、对话和反馈。我们的方法有四个关键方面：一)务实的融合；二)科学的融合；三)政策和从业人员的参与；以及四)影响评估。为促进分散在英国各地的文职和军事同事团队的日常工作，务实的融合是必需的，并将包括：*充当所有合作伙伴的关键联络点，包括国防部(MOD)、英国陆军和ESRC；*通过定期电话联系、每周更新电子邮件、每月举行一次虚拟会议和每六个月举行一次面对面会议，与指定的合作伙伴保持联系；*制定一项商定的工作计划，其中包含四个研究项目和整合战略中的关键里程碑和事件；*领导方案，包括最后确定工作计划，并就整合者角色和标准操作程序的职权范围达成一致；*提供强有力的信息管理，包括相关学术文献和灰色文献的数据库；*根据供资伙伴的要求管理六个月的报告。科学整合将使四个独立项目的价值最大化，并支持有效的知识交流(KE)。这将包括：*在整个方案时间表内协调正式伦理批准申请和对伦理问题的讨论；*酌情同步抽样战略和数据收集方法，以确保互补性不重叠；*进行和分享范围审查及其出版；*为分享结果和荟萃分析制定计划，并为学术和其他受众提供方案产出；*举办学术合作工作坊，以确保科学整合。政策和实践者的参与将提高国防、卫生、就业和家庭政策和实践等领域的主要影响者和决策者对研究计划的认识，并利用最新的知识工程工具支持研究。这将使在研究和政策方面可能需要在方案过程中加以审议的有关发展情况的信息相互交流。我们的整合战略将利用利益相关者映射，以确保所有关键关系都是有针对性的。鉴于关系和网络作为研究吸收机制的关键作用，这将为针对特定受众的研究提供适当的翻译。这种参与的方面将包括：*一个方案咨询小组，以审查总体整合和参与战略，并协助为特定受众制定研究成果；*一个知识工程计划，确定和绘制特定的利益攸关方群体以及他们将如何参与项目；*背景分析，以了解在哪里以及如何实现四个项目的最佳影响；*更广泛的利益攸关方社区的第一个联系点，以确保获得不同的信息源和视角；*确定能力建设活动和长期学习和发展的战略；*一项利用一系列相关工具的沟通计划。将在方案过程中进行影响评估，以提供形成性反馈和总结性评估。我们将与主要利益攸关方团体协商，以告知和整合产生影响的途径，并进行实证评估，以评估研究和知识经济在该方案中的影响。

There is great potential for synergy and added value across the four research projects funded under the Future of the Armed Forces Call. Integration of the research with related academic, policy and practitioner activities requires formal planning, practical coordination and on-going engagement with users and the wider stakeholder community. Our approach offers transparency of undertakings with an emphasis on interaction, dialogue and feedback. There are four key dimensions of our approach: i) pragmatic integration; ii) scientific integration; iii) policy and practitioner engagement; and iv) impact evaluation. Pragmatic integration is required to facilitate day to day working across a team of civilian and military colleagues dispersed throughout the UK and will include:*acting as key point of contact for all partners, including the Ministry of Defence (MOD), British Army and ESRC; *on-going liaison with nominated partners through regular telephone contact, weekly email updates, monthly virtual and six-monthly face to face meetings;*developing an agreed work plan containing key milestones and events across the four research projects and the integration strategy;*leading the programme including finalizing the workplan and agreeing terms of reference for the integrator role and Standard Operating Procedures;*delivering robust information management including a database of relevant academic and grey literature;*management of six monthly reporting as required by the funding partners. Scientific integration will maximize the value of the four separate projects and support effective knowledge exchange (KE). This will include: *coordination of applications for formal ethical approval and discussion of ethical issues throughout the timeline of the programme;*synchronization, as appropriate, of sampling strategies and data collection methods to ensure complementarity not overlap;*conducting and sharing scoping reviews and publication thereof; *developing plans for sharing results and meta-analyses and delivering across programme outputs for both academic and other audiences;*organising academic collaboration workshops to ensure this scientific integration.Policy and practitioner engagement will raise awareness of the research programme amongst key influencers and decision makers in areas including defence, health, employment and family policy and practice and utilising the most up to date KE tools to support uptake of the research. This will enable reciprocal sharing of information regarding relevant developments in both research and policy that may require consideration over the course of the programme. Our integration strategy will utilise stakeholder mapping to ensure all key relationships are targeted. This will inform appropriate translation of research for specific audiences given the key role of relationships and networks as mechanisms for research uptake. Aspects of this engagement will include:*a programme advisory group to review the overall integration and engagement strategy, and assist with shaping research outputs for specific audiences;*a KE plan identifying and mapping specific stakeholder groups and how they will be engaged with the projects;*contextual analysis to understand where and how the best impact from the four projects can be achieved;*first point of contact for the wider stakeholder community to ensure access to a diverse range of information sources and perspectives;*identification of capacity building activities and strategies for longer term learning and development;*a communication plan utilizing a range of relevant tools.Impact evaluation will be undertaken over the course of the programme to provide formative feedback and summative evaluation. We will consult with key stakeholder groups to inform and integrate pathways to impact and undertake empirical evaluation to assess the impact of research and KE in this programme.