KALEIDOS Toolkit: Network - Quadruple Helix Engagement

This resources, Network: Quadruple Helix Engagement, provides practical guidance to help research organisations map, develop and strengthen purposeful networks that support knowledge valorisation, research collaboration and value creation. The resource guides users through identifying the purpose of a network, mapping relevant stakeholders across the Quadruple Helix (academia, industry, public sector and civil society), recognising existing strengths and gaps, and establishing relationships based on trust, mutual exchange and shared objectives. It introduces practical considerations for engaging partners, developing collaborative interactions and maintaining networks over time, helping organisations move beyond informal contacts towards sustainable, co-creative partnerships that support the application of research results and respond to societal needs. This resource forms part of the KALEIDOS Knowledge Valorisation Best Practice Toolkit, a collection of practical tools and methodologies designed to strengthen knowledge valorisation capacities in research organisations. Within the Toolkit's Operational Pathway, it contributes to the Participative Challenge Identification process, which supports organisations in engaging stakeholders across their innovation ecosystems, identifying real-world challenges and mobilising relevant knowledge and expertise to address them. Content developed by Cindy Bråtenfeldt and Eamonn McCallion (Karlstad University). Design, illustrations and videos by WeDo Project Intelligence Made Easy S.L. Produced within the KALEIDOS project, funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101132079.