Sustainable Development in Science Policy-Making - The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research's Policies for International Cooperation in Sustainability Research

New knowledge, created in international cooperation, is essential for global sustainability. Set against this background, this study focuses on German science policy for research cooperation with developing countries and emerging economies in sustainability research. Based on interviews with policy makers and researchers, the book scrutinizes the actors, processes and contents of science policy in Germany. The author argues that science policy mainly aims at German economic benefits and technology development. This, however, negatively influences global sustainability. To counter existing path dependencies, the author provides recommendations for sustainability-oriented scientific practice and science policy.

About the author

Anna Schwachula (Dr.) is a researcher at the German Development Institute (DIE), where she works on knowledge cooperation with the Global South from a sociological perspective. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Bonn's Center for Development Research and at the University of Bremen. Previously, she worked for the German Advisory Council of Global Change (WGBU).

Summary

New knowledge, created in international cooperation, is essential for global sustainability. Set against this background, this study focuses on German science policy for research cooperation with developing countries and emerging economies in sustainability research. Based on interviews with policy makers and researchers, the book scrutinizes the actors, processes and contents of science policy in Germany. The author argues that science policy mainly aims at German economic benefits and technology development. This, however, negatively influences global sustainability. To counter existing path dependencies, the author provides recommendations for sustainability-oriented scientific practice and science policy.

Report

O-Ton: »How can Cevelopment Cooperation be more sensitive to power relations? - Anna Schwachula on www.developmentresearch.eu.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Schwachula
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783837648829
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-4882-9
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 573 g
• Illustrations: 3 SW-Abb.
• Series: Science Studies; Science Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Nachhaltigkeit, Wirtschaft, Sustainability, Politics, Sociology, Nature, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Discourse Analysis, Policy, Economics, Umweltökonomie, Science, Sociology of Science, Developing Countries, Umweltpolitik und Protokolle, Science Policy, Sociology of Development, Sociology and anthropology, International Cooperation, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Economics of land and energy, Macroeconomics and related topics, Political science (Politics and government)