A Critical, Ecological Perspective on the Wallace Foundation Research

This study seeks to understand how research funded by the Wallace Foundation is used, by whom, and in what contexts. Draw on frameworks to conceptualize research use as the diffusion of an innovation within ecological systems and with a critical lens. Using a four-phased approach to: 1) map the field of Wallace-funded research products through document analysis; 2) surface strategies and opportunities for knowledge mobilization through interviews with Wallace stakeholders and partners; 3) identify patterns of use and nonuse through a survey of current and intended users; and 4) integrate findings across phases and frameworks. Centering equity throughout, will examine the roots, development, and spread of knowledge, and whether and how certain foci or strategies privilege the diffusion of some knowledge while marginalizing other knowledge. This project will: 1) assist Wallace by providing information needed to support its efforts to fund high-quality, equitable, actionable research; and 2) build knowledge about how ideas from research can spread, strategies to support such efforts, and barriers that may exist.

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Project Contact:

  • Jennifer Neal
  • Psychology Social Science
  • College of Social Science


Partners

  • Wallace Foundation
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Miami Ohio
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of North Texas
  • Wallace Foundation



Report of calendar year 2022 activity.