Author: Adam S. Levine

Adam Seth Levine is a professor of government at Cornell University. He is the "chief matchmaker" at research4impact, an organization he co-founded with Jake Bowers and Donald P. Green.

Why Social Science? Because It Tells Us How to Create More Engaged Citizens
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October 1, 2019

Why Social Science? Because It Tells Us How to Create More Engaged Citizens

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Are Practitioner-Researcher Conversations Enjoyable?
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August 19, 2019

Are Practitioner-Researcher Conversations Enjoyable?

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Do Researchers Share New Information or Just Tell Practitioners What They Already Know?
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August 12, 2019

Do Researchers Share New Information or Just Tell Practitioners What They Already Know?

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Do Researchers Want to Engage with Practitioners?
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August 5, 2019

Do Researchers Want to Engage with Practitioners?

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Do Practitioners Prefer Self or Hands-on Matchmaking?

Do Practitioners Prefer Self or Hands-on Matchmaking?

Adam Seth Levine compares how many practitioners engaged in self-matchmaking by contacting researchers directly through the site versus the number who requested hands-on matchmaking.

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When They Connect with Researchers, are Practitioners Time-Sensitive?

When They Connect with Researchers, are Practitioners Time-Sensitive?

Traditionally one of the biggest obstacles to building relationships between researchers and practitioners is different time scales — nonprofits’ “focus is urgent, immediate, and often in response to events…moving quickly and loudly” whereas “academics work to a different rhythm”.

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Do Practitioners Prefer to Connect with Researchers who are Local?

Do Practitioners Prefer to Connect with Researchers who are Local?

One long-standing concern with connecting research and practice is that the implications of research findings are often presented in a highly “decontextualized, distant way” that makes it difficult for practitioners to apply them to the specific context where they work.

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When Do Practitioners Want to Connect with Researchers?

When Do Practitioners Want to Connect with Researchers?

In the first of a series of short posts by Adam S. Levine spotlighting what the organization Research4Impact has learned about connecting social science researches with practitioners, he identifies four reasons why nonprofit practitioners have wanted to engage with social scientists.

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