Networks of knowledge : collaborative innovation in international learning / / Janice Gross Stein [et al.]

• Autore: Fitzgibbon Joy
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 pages)
• Disciplina: 004.652
• Soggetto topico: Communication in community development - Canada; Communication in economic development - Canada; Community development - Research - Canada; Economic development - Research - Canada; Information networks - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Kanada; Ontario Toronto; Nova Scotia Halifax; Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Livres numeriques.; Case studies.; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SteinJanice Gross
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Knowledge networks in global society: pathways to development / Janice Gross Stein and Richard Stren -- Knowledge production and global civil society / Janice Gross Stein -- The Canada international scientific exchange program in otolaryngology / Joy Fitzgibbon -- The coastal resources research network / Joy Fitzgibbon and Melissa MacLean -- The global urban research initiative / Melissa MacLean -- The learning for environmental action program / Melissa MacLean -- The Canadian aging research network / Joy Fitzgibbon -- Knowledge networks and new approaches to 'development' / Richard Stren -- Appendix A. Template questions -- Appendix B. Comparative characteristics of the five networks.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Networks of knowledge
• ISBN: 1-282-03380-8; 9786612033803; 1-4426-7761-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817906103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.