Zingerli
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Knowledge, Power, Politics: Evaluating social and institutional practices in sustainable development and syndrome mitigation research | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | In the field of sustainable development, knowledge usually has a positive connotation. More and better knowledge essentially contributes to enhanced policy and practice. However, knowledge is power, and those who are able to use specific types of knowledge as a key economic and political resource can increase their influence and power - not always in favour of those in need. This project of the NCCR North-South is situated within a strand of new thinking on the role of knowledge in and for development. It sheds light on the political nature of knowledge production and knowledge exchange in development research and policy. It asks questions such as, what is the role of academic knowledge in development and environmental policy today?, who sets new trends and concepts in development and environmental policy?, how do the financial resources for development research impact on the global dissemination of specific concepts?, and what are the mechanisms of power and politics that shape development research and policy today? The project has three research objectives: (1) It examines scientific knowledge production processes in development research, (2) it identifies and evaluates institutional and social practices at the interface between development research and policy, and (3) it assesses the impacts of knowledge exchange in the North-South dialogue and cooperation practice. Weitere Informationen |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Selection:Weder, A. and C. Zingerli (2010). Changing development discourses over 40 years of Swiss-Bolivian development cooperation. NCCR North-South Dialogue. 25. Berne, NCCR North-South.Zingerli, C. (2010). 'A sociology of international research partnerships for sustainable development.' European Journal of Development Research 22(2): 217-233.Zingerli, C., C. Michel and A. Salmi (2009) 'On producing and sharing knowledge across boundaries: Experiences from the interfaces of an international development research network', Knowledge Management for Development Journal 5 (2), 164-174Zingerli, C. and A. Uzeda (2008) 'A sociology of international research partnerships for sustainable development', NORRAG News 40, 140-142 | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | development research, knowledge production and exchange, science-policy link, North-South dialogue, sustainable development | ||||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
SNF (Programm NFS/NCCR), Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies) SDC |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | May 2006 to Dec 2009 |