INTEGRATION OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH UPTAKE ON PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE IN KENYA: A CASE OF UNIVERSITY-STAKEHOLDERS RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
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Research has become a core function of universities all over the world. Quality and effective research is fundamental to any country aspiring to attain economic progressivity as well as accelerated economic growth and development. In Kenya, the quest for university education research has received a tremendous attention which has led to its immense progression, resulting to globalization, population growth and continued day to day human development. Governments are funding universities to generate and share knowledge through research. The study sought to establish university research uptake on public policy development in Kenya using Research knowledge sharing, capacity of engaging with stake holders and research uptake as study variables. Further the study was anchored in the Theory of change. The study employed Descriptive research design and targeted 5 public universities in Kenya and public policy development formed the unit of analysis. The study findings established a positive significant relationship between Research knowledge sharing, capacity of engaging with stake holders and uptake and public policy development indicated by the p-value of p -value of 0.000 which is less than 0.05 the significance value. The study recommended that there should be an improved system of sharing of research knowledge, increase the capacity in conducting the research and also ensure proper research knowledge uptake by all stake holders in the public sector. There is also need to improve partnership between research institutions and public policy developers in their operations in order to utilize the research findings from research institutions in policy adoption. This paper discusses the capacities needed to increase the impact of research based policies.Downloads
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