Closing the Theory–Research Gap in Knowledge Brokerage: Remaining Challenges and Emerging Opportunities

The chapters assembled in this volume collectively aim to advance the application of social network analysis to knowledge brokerage and policymaking. This body of work provides valuable insights regarding the methodological approaches and associated challenges of detecting and analyzing knowledge brokerage activity in complex systems as brokerage relates to the flow of research evidence. This closing chapter reflects on continuing challenges and emerging opportunities for closing critical gaps in knowledge brokerage scholarship from a social network perspective. The goal of the closing discussion is to inform a future research agenda for expanding knowledge brokerage research and the role of knowledge brokerage in evidence-informed policymaking from the perspective of social network analysis theory and methodology.