
Networks of Knowledge
Collaborative Innovation in International Learning
University of Toronto Press
Published on 1. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8020-8371-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-8371-5 (9780802083715)
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Joy Fitzgibbon is a doctoral candidate in the department of political science at the University of Toronto.
Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Richard Stren is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Richard Stren is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.