The University of Alberta’s Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) invites you to “CED Tools: A Prototype as Applied Research”, a free public lecture (abstract below) by Dr. Bill Ashton, Director, Rural Development Institute, Brandon University on March 7, 2013 from 12 PM – 1 PM in  the General Service Building 5-50, North Campus, University of Alberta. Refreshments will be provided.

 

For more details please contact the ACSRC email: acsrc@ualberta.ca phone: 780-679-1672

 

Central to applied research is involvement of stakeholders to define the issue matched with a method and a genuine interest to invest in influencing practice and public policy. Rural Development Institute was 18 months into a 24 month project with 100s of CED tools favoured by practitioners and development agencies. Then it happened! They wanted change.  Their continued participation was now contingent on a different deliverable – not a report but a product with immediate utility.  A rapid proto-type approach led to ChoiceMatrix – a web based response and a promising future reaching a range of practitioners and adding more tools.  This presentation takes you inside a project to give you a unique glimpse of applied research in action.