The article deals with the processes of the circulation, dissemination and application of scientific findings, which we term the transfer of knowledge. Given that the transfer of knowledge is a social action, the article points out that social capital is significant for its successful achievement. With the purpose of verifying this thesis, we present an analysis where the transfer of knowledge among producers and users in Slovenia was studied. The article concludes with an analysis of social capitalćs particular dimensions: structural, relational and cognitive.

V prispevku obravnavamo obtok, diseminacijo in aplikacijo znanstvenih izsledkov, kar poimenujemo transfer znanja. Glede na to, da je proces transferja znanja družbeno dejanje, je za njegovo uspešno izpeljavo ključen socialni kapital. Z namenom preverjanja te teze je najprej opravljen pregled procesa transferja znanja s poudarkom na stanju v Sloveniji ter analiza posameznih razsežnosti socialnega kapitala: strukturne, relacijske in spoznavne.