Networks of Knowledge : Collaborative Innovation in International Learning /
Fitzgibbon, Joy
Networks of Knowledge : Collaborative Innovation in International Learning / Joy Fitzgibbon, Richard Stren, Janice Gross Stein. - 1 online resource (176 p.) - IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The network is the pervasive organizational image of the new millennium. This book examines one particular kind of network - the 'knowledge network' - whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas. In their examination of five knowledge networks based in Canadian universities, and in most cases working closely with researchers in developing countries, the authors demonstrate the ability of networks to cross disciplinary boundaries, to blend the operational with the theoretical, and to respond to broad social processes. Operating through networks, rather than through formal, hierarchical structures, diverse communities of researchers create different kinds of knowledge and disseminate their results effectively across disciplinary, sectoral, and spatial boundaries. Analysis of networks in health, environment, urban, and educational fields suggests that old categories of 'north' and 'south' are becoming blurred, and that the new structures of knowledge creation and dissemination help to sustain collaborative research.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802083715 9781442677616
10.3138/9781442677616 doi
Communication in community development--Canada.
Communication in economic development--Canada.
Community development--Research--Canada.
Economic development--Research--Canada.
Information networks--Canada.
Information networks--Nova Scotia--Halifax--Case studies.
Information networks--Ontario--Toronto--Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research.
HD76 / .N47 2001eb
338.91/07/2071
Networks of Knowledge : Collaborative Innovation in International Learning / Joy Fitzgibbon, Richard Stren, Janice Gross Stein. - 1 online resource (176 p.) - IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The network is the pervasive organizational image of the new millennium. This book examines one particular kind of network - the 'knowledge network' - whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas. In their examination of five knowledge networks based in Canadian universities, and in most cases working closely with researchers in developing countries, the authors demonstrate the ability of networks to cross disciplinary boundaries, to blend the operational with the theoretical, and to respond to broad social processes. Operating through networks, rather than through formal, hierarchical structures, diverse communities of researchers create different kinds of knowledge and disseminate their results effectively across disciplinary, sectoral, and spatial boundaries. Analysis of networks in health, environment, urban, and educational fields suggests that old categories of 'north' and 'south' are becoming blurred, and that the new structures of knowledge creation and dissemination help to sustain collaborative research.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802083715 9781442677616
10.3138/9781442677616 doi
Communication in community development--Canada.
Communication in economic development--Canada.
Community development--Research--Canada.
Economic development--Research--Canada.
Information networks--Canada.
Information networks--Nova Scotia--Halifax--Case studies.
Information networks--Ontario--Toronto--Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research.
HD76 / .N47 2001eb
338.91/07/2071