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Sussex Development Lecture at Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton, UK

Dr Rajesh Tandon Founder-President, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education www.pria.org; www.unescochair-cbrsr.org

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December 01, 2015

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  • Multiple & competing sites of

knowledge production

  • Proliferation of expertise in

knowledge economy

  • Financing knowledge production &

dissemination multi-polar

  • Contestation in dominance of

explanations & solutions to pressing human challenges

Trends in Knowledge Production

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First Global Study on Research Partnerships

Methods and Outputs:

  • Global web based survey - 336

responses from 53 countries in 4 language

  • Respondents from HEI, CSO, funding

agencies, and policy makers.

  • 12 Country case studies
  • Products: an e-book and a set of

practical guidelines

  • Open Access policies
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Key Findings

  • Research partnerships differ in

practice of engagements

  • Knowledge cultures of community,

civil society vary greatly

  • Common vocabulary of ‘co-

construction’, contradictory practices

  • Research financing instruments

provide incentives, or otherwise

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Rigorous & Accountable Engagement

  • Engaged scholarship demands rigour
  • Co-construction requires co-

governance

  • Research partnership entails

capacity in community-based participatory research

  • Open access, responsible research &

social responsibility features knowledge democracy