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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: Experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal
Science and Public Policy, Volume 37, No. 4, Year 2010
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Description
Co-production of knowledge between academic and non-academic communities is a prerequisite for research aiming at more sustainable development paths. Sustainability researchers face three challenges in such co-production: (a) addressing power relations; (b) interrelating different perspectives on the issues at stake; and (c) promoting a previously negotiated orientation towards sustainable development. A systematic comparison of four sustainability research projects in Kenya (vulnerability to drought), Switzerland (soil protection), Bolivia and Nepal (conservation vs. development) shows how the researchers intuitively adopted three different roles to face these challenges: the roles of reflective scientist, intermediary, and facilitator of a joint learning process. From this systematized and iterative self-reflection on the roles that a researcher can assume in the indeterminate social space where knowledge is co-produced, we draw conclusions regarding training. © Beech Tree Publishing 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rist, Stephan
Unknown Affiliation
Schneider, Flurina
Unknown Affiliation
Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe I.
Germany, Bonn
Deutsches Institut Fur Entwicklungspolitik
Kiteme, Boniface P.
Unknown Affiliation
Boillat, Sébastien
Switzerland
Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales
Statistics
Citations: 392
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3152/030234210X496628
ISSN:
03023427
Study Locations
Kenya