Special series: Bridging the research-practice gap in knowledge management (KM)

A special series of articles summarising the keynotes and presentations from the KM Triversary Forum 2025, which had the very important theme of “Bridging the research-practice gap in knowledge management (KM)” and took place on 14-15 October 2025. It was an initiative of the RealKM Cooperative Limited, the Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) global community of practice, and Knowledge Management for Development (KM4D) Journal.

The special series articles below can be read in conjunction with:

Forum program and Presentation summaries/abstracts & presenter biographies.
Keynote presentation outlines.
PowerPoint slides from the keynotes and presentations.
Summary of KM Triversary Forum 2025.
Workshop outputs from the solutions and resolutions workshops at the end of the Forum.
Videos from the keynotes and presentations (coming by early 2026).

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