“Recherche avec” activities within the Université du Québec network
The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of the main observations and findings that emerged from our study. In a first step, we contextualize the current trend for carrying out research, training or support activities involving community stakeholders and university researchers. In a second step, we present the methodology that we used to conduct this study. Subsequently we offer, in a third step, an overview of the main observations as well as the general observations that emerged from our study. Finally, in the last section we develop, beyond the question of institutional recognition and the validity of “avec” research activities, a critical analysis of the effective capacity of the Université du Québec network to provide an environment and conditions favourable to the good conduct of both research-action activities and transdisciplinary activities aimed at the cross-fertilization of knowledge and the co-production of knowledge.