Vicky Ward

Dr. Vicky Ward is a Professor of Management at the University of St Andrews Business School, where she also serves as Director of Impact and Innovation. Her research focuses on knowledge mobilisation, examining how academic and professional knowledge is applied in policy, practice, and interprofessional collaboration. She specializes in knowledge brokering, embedded research initiatives, and parliamentary research services.

She leads the RURU Network (Researching and Understanding Research Use) and chairs the UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum. Her work spans frameworks for knowledge translation, the role of researchers in organizations, and the mobilisation of knowledge in healthcare contexts, including naturopathic practices. Ward has contributed to international studies on legislative research mechanisms and the design of collaborative research projects.

Her research emphasizes practical application through frameworks like the SUFFICE framework for gathering service user experiences and principles for research coproduction. She has explored gender equality interventions in academic medicine and evaluated large-scale health research programs like the ASPIRE initiative.