Networks of Knowledge : : Collaborative Innovation in International Learning / / Joy Fitzgibbon, Janice Gross Stein, Richard Stren.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Fitzgibbon, Joy,; Gross Stein, Janice,; Stren, Richard,
• MitwirkendeR: Fitzgibbon, Joy,; MacLean, Melissa,; Maclean, Melissa,; Siren, Richard,; Stein, Janice Gross,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

The network is the pervasive organizational image of the new millennium. This book examines one particular kind of network - the 'knowledge network' - whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas. In their examination of five knowledge networks based in Canadian universities, and in most cases working closely with researchers in developing countries, the authors demonstrate the ability of networks to cross disciplinary boundaries, to blend the operational with the theoretical, and to respond to broad social processes. Operating through networks, rather than through formal, hierarchical structures, diverse communities of researchers create different kinds of knowledge and disseminate their results effectively across disciplinary, sectoral, and spatial boundaries. Analysis of networks in health, environment, urban, and educational fields suggests that old categories of 'north' and 'south' are becoming blurred, and that the new structures of knowledge creation and dissemination help to sustain collaborative research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- About The Authors -- CHAPTER ONE. Knowledge Networks in Global Society: Pathways to Development -- CHAPTER TWO. Knowledge Production and Global Civil Society -- CHAPTER THREE. The Canada International Scientific Exchange Program in Otolaryngology -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Coastal Resources Research Network -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Global Urban Research Initiative -- CHAPTER SIX. The Learning for Environmental Action Program -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Canadian Aging Research Network -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Knowledge Networks and New Approaches to 'Development' -- Appendix A. Template Questions -- Appendix B. Comparative Characteristics of the Five Networks -- Bibliography -- Index