CHANSE Networks for Transformational Change
Lead Research Organisation:
Museum of London Archaeology
Department Name: Research and Education
Abstract
Inspired by efforts to advance democratic innovation (Whittington 2022) and radical transitions (Loorbach 2022), and guided by design justice methodologies (e.g., Costanza Chock 2020), CHANSE Networks for Transformational Change seeks to use the CHANSE Knowledge Exchange Facilitator (KEF) role to bring together project researchers, external participants and CHANSE itself to imaginatively explore and chart current and future scenarios for digital transformation.
To do so, we will map the stakeholders and beneficiaries of the 26 CHANSE projects in order to develop a cross-CHANSE set of personas who represent intended, unintended and non-engaged audiences of CHANSE. These audience mapping and persona development activities will directly inform the development of at least two major Knowledge Exchange (KE) activities to be delivered across Years 2 and 3 of the KEF, working translocally and cross-project.
Simultaneously, we will host three thematic workshops across each year of the KEF, seeking to identify common themes that emerge over time across CHANSE projects, centring the voices of Early Career Researchers and external stakeholders. Themes will be mapped onto those of other national and international agencies (UK examples: Nesta, Joseph Rowntree Foundation) in order to co-design the KE activities and a set of future scenarios for digital transformational change. These scenarios may then be used by CHANSE or other policy and research-setting agencies to structure future calls and advocate for approaches with digital transformation at their core.
Our three-year plan will see us prioritising equity, imagination and democratic innovation, using playful hybrid and online spaces (Mozilla Hubs) and dynamic co-created audio and video content to deliver a CHANSE KE portal on web and social media, plus a webinar series, as well as to support our thematic workshops. For researchers and KE specialists, we will publish an edited Open Access volume on transformational KE methods, with an interest in shaping futures-related studies.
To do so, we will map the stakeholders and beneficiaries of the 26 CHANSE projects in order to develop a cross-CHANSE set of personas who represent intended, unintended and non-engaged audiences of CHANSE. These audience mapping and persona development activities will directly inform the development of at least two major Knowledge Exchange (KE) activities to be delivered across Years 2 and 3 of the KEF, working translocally and cross-project.
Simultaneously, we will host three thematic workshops across each year of the KEF, seeking to identify common themes that emerge over time across CHANSE projects, centring the voices of Early Career Researchers and external stakeholders. Themes will be mapped onto those of other national and international agencies (UK examples: Nesta, Joseph Rowntree Foundation) in order to co-design the KE activities and a set of future scenarios for digital transformational change. These scenarios may then be used by CHANSE or other policy and research-setting agencies to structure future calls and advocate for approaches with digital transformation at their core.
Our three-year plan will see us prioritising equity, imagination and democratic innovation, using playful hybrid and online spaces (Mozilla Hubs) and dynamic co-created audio and video content to deliver a CHANSE KE portal on web and social media, plus a webinar series, as well as to support our thematic workshops. For researchers and KE specialists, we will publish an edited Open Access volume on transformational KE methods, with an interest in shaping futures-related studies.
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES/Y002903/1 | 01/05/2023 | 30/05/2024 | £213,236 | ||
| ES/Y002903/2 | Transfer | ES/Y002903/1 | 31/05/2024 | 30/04/2026 | £162,263 |
| Description | This grant transferred to UCL on 1 June 2024 under award reference ES/Y002903/2. All outputs and outcomes from March 2024 to March 2025 are reported at ES/Y002903/2. |
| Exploitation Route | This grant transferred to UCL on 1 June 2024 under award reference ES/Y002903/2. All outputs and outcomes from March 2024 to March 2025 are reported at ES/Y002903/2. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://chanse.org/about-chanse-knowledge-exchange/ |
| Description | This grant transferred to UCL on 1 June 2024 under award reference ES/Y002903/2. All outputs and outcomes from March 2024 to March 2025 are reported at ES/Y002903/2. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
| Title | CHANSE Knowledge Exchange Facilitation database on Digital Transformation ECRs and their KE understandings |
| Description | This is a qualitative database which includes the details, interviews and opinions of KE of ECRs from the CHANSE Digital Transformation projects (2022-2025). It is the first of its kind and aims to help the Award team (Perry, Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Purcell) to empower, enable and support CHANSE projects in engaging in Knowledge Exchange. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The database affects 26 CHANSE projects, with a total of ca. more than 700 researchers, and 125 ECRs within those, across Europe. The methods of data collection (correspondence, interviews, documentation) is having an impact not only on how project members document and think about Knowledge Exchange with their stakeholders, but also on how the CHANSE KEF team is planning and organising cross-project collaborations in the upcoming round tables, conferences, OA edited volume and future scenaria policy recommendations. |
| Description | CHANSE Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Tallinn Estonia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Held at the CHANSE kick-off conference in Tallinn Estonia, this workshop brought together all projects to understand the audiences they seek to engage and influence from their work. The workshop led to 1,700 responses from nearly 100 participants (representing 24 CHANSE projects). These responses have been fed into the design of future CHANSE conferences, the production of a draft audience report (to be published at the end of March 2024), a presentation/discussion session (see previous entry on CHANSE Transformations Audiences), and the shaping of all key outputs of the KEF project, including roundtables, edited volume and cross-project activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://chanse.org/kick-off-conference/ |
| Description | CHANSE Transformations kick-off conference organisation, Tallinn Estonia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We supported the CHANSE / NCN team in organising various sessions and evaluating the impact of the kick-off conference in June 2023, which was attended by c.200 people from all projects and other key stakeholders linked to digital transformations research, policy and practice in Europe. We created a follow-up survey to help shape the mid-term conference off the back of learnings from this event. Therefore, our impacts from this activity include directly informing the next CHANSE conference based on feedback from participants, such that it is led by the needs of audiences. Outcomes include new connections made between projects, new learnings, and new questions about how to inform KE across CHANSE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://chanse.org/kick-off-conference/ |
| Description | KEF Website and Associated Resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We launched the online presence for the KEF project, including access to relevant resources and activities about knowledge exchange for practitioners. The site is linked to the wider CHANSE web profile, and hence has visibility across all affiliated European countries. As the site as only recently been launched (end of 2023), it is difficult to describe impacts at this stage beyond requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://chanse.org/about-chanse-knowledge-exchange/ |
| Description | Online presentation & discussion session - CHANSE Transformations' Audiences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this presentation and discussion session from 1 February 2024, CHANSE's Knowledge Exchange Facilitators review audience insights gained from analysing 1,700 responses from nearly 100 participants (representing 24 CHANSE projects) who contributed to a KE workshop in June 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia. Coupled with learnings from subsequent semi-structured conversations with representatives from different CHANSE projects, we examine trends and gaps in knowledge exchange provision across teams, covering topics from incentives (or lack thereof) for citizens to get involved in European research, to unrealistic or problematic expectations of different publics, to variable efforts to innovate digitally with KE itself. This event attracted more than 60 registrants from 17 countries, and has subsequently been viewed online another two dozen + times. It has led to conversations, new relationships with ECRs and projects, and enquiries about access to additional funding for KEF activities across CHANSE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://chanse.org/presentation-on-connections-and-gaps-in-knowledge-exchange/ |