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urn:uuid:a7a47262-8002-44b7-92c4-b80a0766b7e4 03 15 9781928331315 00 EB E107 10 01 01 North-South Knowledge Networks Towards Equitable Collaboration Between Academics, Donors and Universities 1 B01 Tor Halvorsen 2 B01 Jorun Nossum 01 eng 00 310 03 23 African studies 10 SOC008010 01 06 03 00 <p>In this collection, a mix of renowned academics and newer voices reflect on some of the realities of international research partnerships. They both question and highlight the agency of academics, donors and research institutions in the geopolitics of knowledge and power. The contributors offer fresh insights on institutional transformation, the setting of research agendas, and access to research funding, while highlighting the dilemmas researchers face when their institutions are vulnerable to state and donor influence.</p><p>Offering a range of perspectives on why academics should collaborate and what for, this book will be useful to anyone interested in how scholars are adapting to the realities of international networking and how research institutions are finding innovative ways to make North–South partnerships and collaborations increasingly fair, sustainable and mutually beneficial.</p> 04 00 Preface 1. The role and impact of funding agencies on higher education and research for development - Göran Hydén 2. ‘The first philosophers were astronomers’: Curiosity and innovation in higher education policy - John Higgins 3. Research training, international collaboration, and the agencies of Ugandan scientists in Uganda - Eren Zink 4. The status of research at three Ugandan universities - ABK Kasozi 5. Undoing the effects of neoliberal reform: The experience of Uganda’s Makerere Institute of Social Research - Mahmood Mamdani 6. South-North collaboration and service enhancements at Makerere and Bergen University libraries - Maria GN Musoke & Ane Landøy 7. North-South research collaborations and their impact on capacity building: A Southern perspective - Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma 8. Death on campus: Is academic freedom possible for students and academics at the University of Malawi? - Joe Mlenga 9. The crisis of higher education in Sudan with special reference to the University of Khartoum, 1956-2014 - Fadwa Taha & Anders Bjørkelo 10. Knowledge generation through joint research: What can North and South learn from each other? - Ishtiaq Jamil & Sk Tawfique M Haque 11. Into the great wide open: Trends and tendencies in university collaboration for development - Jorun Nossum 12. International co-operation and the democratisation of knowledge - Tor Halvorsen African Minds 01 African Minds 04 01 20171201 02 WORLD 06 15 9781928331308 06 15 9781928331315 06 15 9781928331322 WORLD 09 African Minds 20 01