Nelson Casimiro Zavale, Christian Schneijderberg

University and Academics' Societal Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Benefits, Drivers, and Constraints of Knowledge Production

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives a comprehensive account of the patterns of university and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), considering knowledge production and the resulting outputs and benefits. It is valuable reading for academics studying higher education and development, science, innovation studies and sociology of education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040091814
• Artikelnr.: 72246662

Autorenporträt

Nelson Casimiro Zavale is Associate Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo-Mozambique, and a Senior Research Fellow at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Christian Schneijderberg, PhD, works as Senior Researcher at the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
Series editor's foreword
Preface and acknowledgements by Nelson C. Zavale
Note for the reader
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - University and academics' societal engagement: Main concepts
Chapter 3 - Same but different? SSA as knowledge society and economy
Chapter 4 - Knowledge producers in SSA: Higher education institutions
Chapter 5 - Features of knowledge produced in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 6 - Characteristics and typologies of stakeholders and knowledge
users in SSA
Chapter 7 - Forms and channels of knowledges transfer between university
and external stakeholders in Sub-Sahara Africa
Chapter 8 - Outputs, outcomes ,and benefits of university and academics'
societal engagement and knowledges transfer in Sub-Sahara Africa
Chapter 9 - Main drivers and constraints or barriers to university's
societal engagement and knowledge transfer
Chapter 10 - (Un-)fitness of conventional approaches to university and
academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa and the presentation
of an alternative analytical framework
Afterword
Index