‘The way we do things around here’: Personal and epistemological reflections of the influence of inter-disciplinary identity on effective knowledge leadership for tackling inequalities

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter seeks to examine the ways in which university-based researchers can facilitate the understanding and awareness of public policy-makers and key decision-makers in the contribution to theory and complexity research can make to contemporary public policy.

Design

The chapter provides a systematic literature review informed by reference to key urban regeneration strategies in the United Kingdom.

Findings

The chapter argues that it is through the promotion of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding and learning that we might develop the reflective capacities of decision-makers.

Implications/Originality

The chapter is intentionally speculative and seeks to encourage critical self-reflection.

Citation

Nicholds, A. (2013), "‘The way we do things around here’: Personal and epistemological reflections of the influence of inter-disciplinary identity on effective knowledge leadership for tackling inequalities", Looking for Consensus?: Civil Society, Social Movements and Crises for Public Management (Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2045-7944(2013)0000002011