Valuing interdisciplinary collaborative research

Universities are increasingly taking an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organisations but they, their funders and institutions struggle to articulate the value of this work. This book addresses the key challenges in collaborative research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

About the author

Keri Facer is Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol and Leadership Fellow for the AHRC Connected Communities Programme. She works on the relationship between formal education, informal learning and the development of public capacity to address social, technological and environmental change. Kate Pahl is Professor of Literacies in Education, at The University of Sheffield. She worked on the Co-producing legacy project which explored how artists work within the AHRC Connected Communities programme and the AHRC/ESRC Connected Communities funded consortium 'Imagine', an interdisciplinary project concerned with ways in which communities and universities can co-produce knowledge together about the nature of civic engagement in contemporary societies.

Summary

Universities are increasingly taking an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organisations but they, their funders and institutions struggle to articulate the value of this work. This book addresses the key challenges in collaborative research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Keri Facer
• Assisted by: Keri Facer (Editor), Keri (University of Bristol University of Bristol and The University of Uppsala) Facer (Editor), Kate Pahl (Editor), Kate (Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University) Pahl (Editor), Kate (Manchester Metropolitan University) Pahl (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781447331629
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3162-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 418 g
• Series: Connected Communities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research