Mapping Out the Research-policy Matrix - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mapping Out the Research-policy Matrix write by Germán Solinís. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Mapping Out the Research-policy Matrix available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social science research provides not only abstract, conceptual knowledge about society but also concrete, instrumental knowledge. It enables us to take action to recompose the world we live in. However, this book rejects narrow and simplistic conceptions of research use and its impact on policy-making, to embrace a more complex approach to seeing and dealing with social science. In the paradigm of "evidence-based policy", "evidence" is understood in its broad sense as information that helps form policies. Nonetheless, within current practices and discourse, it is not clear what "information" is, what is really meant by "evidence", and how it can be obtained objectively. The book draws on papers presented at the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, where experts examined current practices and problems in areas such as social policy, migration, urban policies and globalisation. The Forum set a precedent in terms of dialogue between researchers and policy-makers. The authors contribute to enriching and elucidating the most common conceptualisations of the research-policy nexus. They represent a rich diversity of views, although most agree that an effective strategy to enhance social science-policy linkages should be underpinned by a theoretical and methodological framework that takes into account the interplay of different social actors.
World Social Science Report 2010
World Social Science Report 2010 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World Social Science Report 2010 write by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This book was released on 2010-01-01. World Social Science Report 2010 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social science from Western countries continues to have the greatest global influence, but the field is expanding rapidly in Asia and Latin America, particularly in China and Brazil. In sub-Saharan Africa, social scientists from South Africa, Nigeria andKenya produce 75% of academic publications. In South Asia, barring some centres of excellence in India, social sciences as a whole have low priority. These are a few of the findings from World Social Science Report, 2010: Knowledge divides. Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published with UNESCO, the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in over a decade. Hundreds of social scientists from around the world contributed their expertise to the publication. Gudmund Hernes, President of the ISSC, Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Hebe Vessuri, Director, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), and François Héran, Director of Research, National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), France, are among the experts who presented the Report during its official launch at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 25 June 2010.
Knowing Governance
Knowing Governance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Knowing Governance write by Jan-Peter Voß. This book was released on 2016-01-26. Knowing Governance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Knowing Governance sets out to understand governance through the design and making of its models and instruments. What kinds of knowledge do they require and reproduce? How are new understandings of governance produced in practice, by scientists and policy makers and by the publics with whom they engage?
An indicative review of UNESCO's work on social inclusion
An indicative review of UNESCO's work on social inclusion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An indicative review of UNESCO's work on social inclusion write by UNESCO. This book was released on 2016-03-14. An indicative review of UNESCO's work on social inclusion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Learning Transnational Learning
Learning Transnational Learning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Learning Transnational Learning write by Åge Mariussen. This book was released on 2013-05-02. Learning Transnational Learning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Systems of innovation that are conducted within national borders can preserve inefficient solutions and prevent development. This has led to a feeling that transnational learning strategies are more and more desirable. In practice, the field of transnational learning has been dominated by various policy-making institutions, such as the OECD and European Union, working through different types of policy instruments and programs such as structural funds, open methods of coordination, as well as international research institutions and networks set up by cooperating national governments working on comparative analysis, benchmarking and indicators. This book lays out a set of methods which can further enhance the experience of transnational learning, starting from the sociological ideas promoted by Charles Sabel of learning through monitoring, and by Marie Laure Djelic and others of the “translation” of experiences between different countries. Case studies and examples are collected from three fields: industrial development, tourism and local government.
