videnudveksling

Videnudveksling, or knowledge exchange, is the process of creating, sharing, and applying knowledge across individuals, organizations, and sectors to improve decisions, practice, and public outcomes. It covers both tacit knowledge (know-how) and explicit knowledge (data, research findings) and emphasizes use-oriented collaboration rather than one-way dissemination.

Unlike simple knowledge transfer, knowledge exchange emphasizes mutual learning, co-creation, and adaptation to local contexts, often through sustained interactions among researchers, professionals, policymakers, and end users.

Common forms include collaborative research projects, joint problem solving, staff exchanges, professional development, communities of practice, knowledge brokering, policy dialogues, and open science and data-sharing initiatives. Digital platforms and intermediaries can facilitate coordination, documentation, and access to relevant expertise.

Key enabling factors are funding that supports collaboration, incentives aligned with shared outcomes, clear governance and roles, trusted intermediaries, and accessible platforms for communication and documentation. Strong leadership and a culture that values learning across boundaries also support effective videnudveksling.

Videnudveksling occurs in diverse settings such as academia, industry, government, and civil society. Benefits can include faster application of research, increased relevance of results, more effective policy and practice, and capacity building. Challenges include misaligned incentives, intellectual property concerns, power imbalances, cultural differences across sectors, and difficulties in measuring impact.

Evaluation typically looks at uptake and use of knowledge, changes in practice, collaborations formed, and broader social or economic impact, while acknowledging attribution challenges and time lags.