FAQ – Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities
What types of information are covered in Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities?
The Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities module is for recording a wide range of activities related to your research, including editorial work, conference participation, external academic engagement, etc. For details, please refer to Content Types.
Where does the existing “Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities” list come from?
The existing records are retrieved from the following systems:
- SPUS (as of 3 December 2024)
- ORKTS databases
For details on data migration, please click here.
What if I find missing or incorrect data in my “Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities” records?
You can input/update records directly in IRIS. For details, please refer to Adding Content – Activities.
For information managed by ORKTS (e.g. patents, licensing, entrepreneurial activities), please contact ORKTS for any edits/updates.
How do I update my information for Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities?
Please refer to the user guides in Adding Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities and Managing Professional & Knowledge Transfer Activities.
The following types of information managed by ORKTS are not editable in IRIS and will be imported from internal databases to IRIS periodically:
- Invention Disclosures
- Patent Filed
- Licensing Agreements
- Entrepreneurial Activity
If you wish to edit/update information for the above activity records, please contact ORKTS.
Some of the information is not editable in IRIS. Will the records be automatically updated in IRIS from now on?
Yes. The following types of information managed by ORKTS will be imported from internal databases to IRIS periodically:
- Invention Disclosures
- Patent Filed
- Licensing Agreements
- Entrepreneurial Activity
For any edits/updates, please contact ORKTS.
Can I select which records to display on the Public Portal?
Yes. You can control which content is publicly available by adjusting the visitibility setting. For more details, please refer to Content Visibility.
- For historical records, the default visibility for each activity type can be found here.
- For new records, you may select the preferred visibility before submission.
- For information managed by ORKTS (e.g. patents, licensing, entrepreneurial activities), please contact ORKTS to change the visibility settings.