What is PraXis?
Praxis is 12-month UCD ReClaim Funded project that aims to co-develop a portfolio of creative and innovative activities to build research culture and excellence, building on current successes and leveraging the future potential for personal and academic development in four specific areas.
Funding Award to Team PraXis
Project Title: Enhancing research culture, problem-solving and knowledge translation: Robust evidence synthesis meets innovation through creativity and design thinking
June 2024 to November 2025 €10,000
Project Summary
- Create a series of workshops establishing cross-university evidence review and synthesis introductory workshops for policy and practice as entry-level for all doctoral students.
- Develop and deliver design thinking workshops with interdisciplinary student groups to consider real-world health problems and create a university research challenge competition, ‘Building a Healthy and Fair World.’
- Establish a Living Library Programme embedding research culture and wider UCD in the community. This pilot follows international examples and facilitates learning and engagement in real-world capture of building a research culture.
- Expand the global programme Universitas 21 Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Community of Practice developed and led by the University of Maryland and the University of Birmingham. U21 ‘Communities of Practice’ provide a route for staff within the U21 network to build research cultures locally and globally and gain new professional perspectives. UCD is a partner in this community of practice, and we can leverage wider networking and collaboration. This project culminates in a one-day research symposium to share best practices and enable continued collaboration and networking.
Looking Ahead
The PraXis Project will culminate in a one-day Research Symposium - a dynamic space for sharing best practices, forging new partnerships, and celebrating the power of collaborative research.