Knowledge-based dialogue as a challenge in research practices

The transformations of knowledge production aimed at solving social and productive demands imply new challenges in the growing relationship between researchers and social agents who do not usually participate in academic settings. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the knowledge-based dialogue and interaction between researchers and social agents can generate learning as a result of engagement and improve the co-production of knowledge. This knowledge encounter poses a challenge for certain ways of doing research and at the same time can cause substantial changes in the practices themselves. This paper is part of a qualitative analysis of the experience of a set of projects from different courses that include the participation of social agents as a part of the research process. It is intended to reflect on the relationship between research teams and their environments, as well as the particular characteristics research in education acquires in this connection.