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Tackling Wicked Problems: Universities Partnering for Impact

Explore the strategic and transformative movement of universities partnering to improve lives and solve complex problems. This report discusses the concept of Public Impact-Focused Research (PIR) and provides recommendations to enhance universities' engagement in PIR initiatives.

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Tackling Wicked Problems: Universities Partnering for Impact

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  1. Tackling Wicked Problems: Universities Partnering for Impact Sandra A. Brown, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Research University of California San Diego Oxford UIDP Summit August 1, 2019

  2. Strategic, Transformative Movement • Bring together multiple distinct efforts (National Movement) • Improve lives by solving/mitigating problems not feasible in a single lab (Today’s Actions) • Improve society of future by advancing human knowledge (Tomorrow’s Promise)

  3. Emerging Themes & Efforts PIR is an umbrella for all of these efforts – and seeks to enhance public awareness

  4. PIR Initiative Goals • Develop common vernacular to describe efforts and showcase higher education impacts • Encourage universities to expand public impact-focused research portfolios • Identify and communicate best practices • Identify and mitigate barriers for universities and partners Do this in the context of strengthening and integrating support for fundamental research

  5. Report Conclusions • Public Impact-Focused Research is an overarching concept for a growing number of forms of research and engagement already underway • PIR conveys how an increasing amount of basic and applied university research is collaboration with and in service to the public • Universities of the 21st century should intentionally seek to engage in PIR – and associated partnerships – and address barriers impeding such research

  6. Recommendations • APLU/AAU should: • Communicate about PIR and its importance to stakeholders • Encourage the use of PIR and the typology developed through the initiative as a means to provide consistent guidelines for the measurement and evaluation of broader societal impacts • Universities should: • Foster sustained external industry and community partnerships • Ensure PIR initiatives reflect institutional culture • Invest in and prioritize communications

  7. What’s Next • Over 48 institutions and 65 leaders involved to date • APLU Council on Research (CoR), Council on Governmental Affairs (CGA), Commission on Economic & Community Engagement (CECE), AAU • Future Engagement • Presidents • Provosts • Industry • Community Leaders • State & Federal Legislators • State & Federal Funding Agencies How can APLU partner with UIDP to increase university-industry engagement?

  8. PIR at UC San Diego • UC San Diego is a designated Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universitywith a commitment to economic and community development, growth, and economic prosperity • Ranked the #1public university in the nation for research, social mobility and publicservice (Washington Monthly, 2018) • Received$1.2B in sponsored research funding (FY18) • Sample PIR Initiatives: • The Center for Ethics in Science and Technology • Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation • Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living Center • Tata Institute for Genetics & Society • Community Stations for Global Justice • Border Solutions Alliance

  9. QUESTIONS?

  10. THANK YOU Sandra A. Brown Vice Chancellor for Research UC San Diego • sandrabrown@ucsd.edu

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