Untapped Research Capacities? Mobility and Collaboration at the Intersection of International Development Aid and Global Science Regimes

<p class="p1">This article aims to offer some thoughts that go beyond mere bibliometric and scientometric evidence, by empirically and comparatively exploring the conditions for, and the experiences of research and international research collaboration of African PhD holders who graduated with support from development cooperation/aid. The article explores the constraints on research, international research mobility and collaboration, at the intersection of development cooperation and global science regimes. Taking Swedish development cooperation as an example, the article focuses on preconditions and constraints that scholars from Mozambique and Tanzania, in their current positions, experience in their research, with special attention on international mobility and cooperation.</p>

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Untapped Research Capacities? Mobility and Collaboration at the Intersection of International Development Aid and Global Science Regimes

International Journal of African Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ijahe.v4i1.10248 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Måns Fellesson ◽

Paula Mählck

Keyword(s):

International Development ◽

International Research ◽

Research Collaboration ◽

Development Aid ◽

Development Cooperation ◽

International Mobility ◽

International Research Collaboration ◽

Global Science ◽

International Development Aid

This article aims to oﬀer some thoughts that go beyond mere bibliometric and scientometric evidence, by empirically and comparatively exploring the conditions for, and the experiences of research and international research collaboration of African PhD holders who graduated with support from development cooperation/aid. The article explores the constraints on research, international research mobility and collaboration, at the intersection of development cooperation and global science regimes. Taking Swedish development cooperation as an example, the article focuses on preconditions and constraints that scholars from Mozambique and Tanzania, in their current positions, experience in their research, with special attention on international mobility and cooperation.Cet article a pour objectif de proposer des réﬂexions qui dépassent les simples preuves bibliométriques et scientométriques, en explorant empiriquement et comparativement les expériences de recherche et de collaborations scientifques internationales de docteurs africains ayant reçu une aide au développement pour leur doctorat. Cet article explore les limites auxquelles se heurtent la recherche, la mobilité internationale et la coopération scientifque internationale, à l’intersection entre la coopération au développement et les programmes scientifques mondiaux. En prenant pour exemple la coopération au développement suédoise, cet article se focalise sur les conditions et les contraintes que les académiques du Mozambique et de Tanzanie, au sein de leur emploi actuel, rencontrent dans le cadre de leur recherche, en portant une attention particulière sur la mobilité internationale et la coopération.

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Negotiating International Research Collaborations in Tajikistan

Journal of Studies in International Education ◽

10.1177/1028315319889345 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 97-112

Author(s):

Emma Sabzalieva

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

International Research ◽

Research Collaboration ◽

Ways Of Knowing ◽

International Research Collaboration ◽

Science System ◽

Global Science ◽

Research Collaborations ◽

The Soviet Union

The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 heralded not only the creation and opening of borders but also the rapid entry of new actors and ideas into this previously isolated part of the world. This is typified by dramatic increases in the number of international research collaborations involving an ever-growing array of actors. Yet instead of pluralizing knowledge creation and ways of knowing, intensifying processes of globalization have given rise to a “global science” system that has not flattened or significantly altered existing knowledge hierarchies, despite greater diversity in international research collaborations. In the former Soviet state of Tajikistan, this is further tempered by resourcing gaps, political controls, and cultural factors, offering a unique setting through which to explore how researchers negotiate international research collaborations. Centering the perspectives of Tajikistani researchers, the article offers new insights into the reframing of globally homogenizing models of international research collaboration.

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The Internationalisation of the Academy: Convergence and Divergence across Disciplines

European Review ◽

10.1017/s1062798714000763 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (S1) ◽

pp. S38-S54 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Michele Rostan ◽

Flavio Antonio Ceravolo

Keyword(s):

International Research ◽

Research Collaboration ◽

Structural Characteristics ◽

Academic Profession ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

International Mobility ◽

Short Term ◽

International Research Collaboration ◽

The World ◽

International Comparative

The internationalisation of the academy varies according to individual, institutional and structural characteristics. Among factors influencing it, discipline plays a major role. Relying on data collected by two international comparative studies – the Changing Academic Profession Study and the Academic Profession in Europe Study – this article focuses on two aspects of the internationalisation of the academy – namely, international research collaboration and international mobility – asking whether these two aspects are associated with academic disciplines and how. Results from multivariate data analyses – comparing Europe and the Rest of the World or other meaningful macro-regions – show that in some areas, such as international research collaboration and educational circulation, the international behaviours of academics belonging to different disciplines diverge, while in some others, such as research productivity related to international research collaboration and short-term professional circulation, they converge.

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International Development Cooperation Today

10.11116/9789461663986 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Patrick Develtere ◽

Huib Huyse ◽

Jan Van Ongevalle

Keyword(s):

International Development ◽

Low Income ◽

Development Aid ◽

Development Cooperation ◽

Low Income Countries ◽

Structural Problems ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

International Development Aid ◽

Gates Foundation ◽

International Development Cooperation

Over the past 60 years high-income countries have invested over 4000 billion euros in development aid. With varying degrees of success, these investments in low-income countries contributed to tackling structural problems such as access to water, health care, and education. Today, however, international development cooperation is no longer restricted to helping by giving. Instead, it is rather about opportunities, mutual interests, risk taking, and an inclusive societal approach. With the arrival of major new actors such as China, India, and Brazil, and the manifestation of private companies and foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, development aid is being eclipsed by new forms of international cooperation, increasingly accompanied by investments, trade, and give-and-take exchanges. The agenda for sustainable development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 and to be realised by 2030, is a case in point of new influential frameworks that usher in a global rather than a traditional North-South perspective. This book reviews 60 years of international development aid and its relevant actors, outlining today’s challenges and opportunities. Richly illustrated with case studies and examples, International Development Cooperation Today maps successes and failures and synthesizes visions and discussions from all over the world. By pointing out the radical shift from the traditional North-South perspective to a global paradigm, this book is essential reading for all practitioners, academics, and donors involved in development aid.

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Is academia becoming more localised? The growth of regional knowledge networks within international research collaboration

Applied Network Science ◽

10.1007/s41109-021-00371-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

John Fitzgerald ◽

Sanna Ojanperä ◽

Neave O’Clery

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

International Collaboration ◽

International Research ◽

Research Collaboration ◽

Learning By Doing ◽

Knowledge Networks ◽

Collaboration Network ◽

International Research Collaboration ◽

The Past ◽

Capability Building

AbstractIt is well-established that the process of learning and capability building is core to economic development and structural transformation. Since knowledge is ‘sticky’, a key component of this process is learning-by-doing, which can be achieved via a variety of mechanisms including international research collaboration. Uncovering significant inter-country research ties using Scopus co-authorship data, we show that within-region collaboration has increased over the past five decades relative to international collaboration. Further supporting this insight, we find that while communities present in the global collaboration network before 2000 were often based on historical geopolitical or colonial lines, in more recent years they increasingly align with a simple partition of countries by regions. These findings are unexpected in light of a presumed continual increase in globalisation, and have significant implications for the design of programmes aimed at promoting international research collaboration and knowledge diffusion.

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