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Innovation for Social Inclusion - The Role of Researchers in the Global South

Ralfs, Annika LU (2020) EKHS35 20201
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Knowledge inequalities persist between the Global North and the Global South, but also within countries between privileged and underprivileged segments of society. The purpose of this study is to understand the motives of researchers from basic science and technology to investigate on socially demanded issues as well as the obstacles they encounter. The study is based on the experiences from eleven research projects financed by the fund Research and Innovation for Social Inclusion at Uruguay’s public university between 2008 and 2019. Motivational factors for engaging in the programme include being convinced of the social responsibility of research, scientific curiosity, relating to a problem personally as well as more practical... (More)
Knowledge inequalities persist between the Global North and the Global South, but also within countries between privileged and underprivileged segments of society. The purpose of this study is to understand the motives of researchers from basic science and technology to investigate on socially demanded issues as well as the obstacles they encounter. The study is based on the experiences from eleven research projects financed by the fund Research and Innovation for Social Inclusion at Uruguay’s public university between 2008 and 2019. Motivational factors for engaging in the programme include being convinced of the social responsibility of research, scientific curiosity, relating to a problem personally as well as more practical considerations. Obstacles are the scholars’ lacking awareness of what their own expertise can contribute, additional efforts in interacting with non-academic stakeholders, and a comparatively lower academic valuation of this type of research. Findings are interesting to policy makers and university responsibles who aim for human sustainable development, in the Global North and South alike. (Less)
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author
Ralfs, Annika LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS35 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
knowledge inequality, human sustainable development, inclusive innovations
language
English
id
9020970
date added to LUP
2020-07-03 11:56:10
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2020-07-03 11:56:10
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  abstract     = {{Knowledge inequalities persist between the Global North and the Global South, but also within countries between privileged and underprivileged segments of society. The purpose of this study is to understand the motives of researchers from basic science and technology to investigate on socially demanded issues as well as the obstacles they encounter. The study is based on the experiences from eleven research projects financed by the fund Research and Innovation for Social Inclusion at Uruguay’s public university between 2008 and 2019. Motivational factors for engaging in the programme include being convinced of the social responsibility of research, scientific curiosity, relating to a problem personally as well as more practical considerations. Obstacles are the scholars’ lacking awareness of what their own expertise can contribute, additional efforts in interacting with non-academic stakeholders, and a comparatively lower academic valuation of this type of research. Findings are interesting to policy makers and university responsibles who aim for human sustainable development, in the Global North and South alike.}},
  author       = {{Ralfs, Annika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Innovation for Social Inclusion - The Role of Researchers in the Global South}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}