Swedens Research Aid Policy - The Role of Science in Development

This book analyses how The Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have worked to promote science in low-income countries.

List of contents

1. Science for development: the roots and branches of aid to research 2. Research aid: mutually beneficial cooperation or neo-colonial science? 3. Theoretical perspectives and methodology 4. 1973–1979: Tracing foundations 5. 1980–1990: Settling in and becoming pragmatic 6. 1991–1997: Polemic revival and the intertwining of localism and universalism 7. 1998–2008: Constructing sustainable knowledge societies 8. 2009–2020: Tackling global challenges through transformative innovation? 9. Concluding discussion: the boundary organization’s conundrum

About the author

Veronica Brodén Gyberg is an associate professor at the Department of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change at Linköping University, Sweden.

Summary

This book analyses how The Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have worked to promote science in low-income countries.

Product details

• Authors: Veronica Broden Gyberg, Veronica Brodén Gyberg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032509310
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250931-0
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development, Technology: general issues, EU (European Union), International institutions, Development Studies, EU & European institutions