Promoting a practice-minded culture in research organizations

International audienceVery few people will doubt the need to use science to improve the results of social work practice wherever possible. A European meeting in 2009, comprising social work researchers, practitioners and policymakers, expressed concern that the available results of social work research are underused, and the relation between science and practice can be improved. The meeting called for a research-minded practice. In this article, we build on three case studies of urban social work research to explore a new perspective in which, in addition to a research-minded practice, practice-minded research is needed to bridge the gap between science and practice