Species of spaces: How can communication flow between us researchers and politicians?
This article addresses the emergence of a shifting space of dialogue and negotiation between political authorities (sponsors) and a group of researchers over the course of a research process. More specifically, we focus on the problematization stage and the modifications made to the initial methodological choices, by connecting them with this dialogical space of interlocution. The narrative of this sponsored research is examined as a story of “relationships” centred on knowledge production, as the key issue and as the stakes of the research. Education science may shed specific light on this story of knowledge production between politics and research, insofar as what is involved is the development of knowledge production and dissemination processes, i.e., a form of “getting knowledge across,” which we will examine here (including the transfer, mobilization, and translation of knowledge and expertise).