1. Practicing Engaged Scholarship
LARS MATHIASSEN
GRA Eminent Scholar
Center for Process Innovation
Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University

2. Why? (Van de Ven, 2007) Research targets the academic community
Research requires extensive translation for practice
Research does not address pressing real-world problems
Research is not actionable

3. What? (Van de Ven, 2007)
A participative form of research for obtaining the different perspectives of key stakeholders (researchers, users, clients, sponsors, and practitioners) in studying complex problems
Transformative
Low
High
Collaborative
Informed basic research
Design and evaluation research
Collaborative basic research
Action research

4. Problem-solving cycle
How? (Chiasson et al., 2009)
Academic impact
Problem-solving cycle
Knowledge discovery
Research cycle
Knowledge application
Real-world impact
Start out from problems and address research questions
Engage on some level in problem-solving cycles
Make problem-solving cycles evidence-based
Consider multiple research questions for each problem
Align engaged scholarship approach with research question

5. References
Van de Ven, A. H., Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
M. Chiasson, M. Germonprez and L. Mathiassen, Pluralist Action Research: A Review of the Information Systems Literature, Information Systems Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, 31-54, 2009.