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Reframing North-South Research Partnerships

A panel-session organised in the frame of the EADI Conference in Bonn, 24 June 2014. The session was organised by Gilles Carbonier - member of the KFPE - and Tiina Kontinen and chaired by Isa Baud, president of EADI.

EADI-Workshop 2014
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The panel started with Gilles Carbonnier’s presentation on the recent EADI policy paper "North-South Research Partnership: Academia Meets Development" which is based on the 2-years work of the EADI sub-committee on research partnerships. The initiative of looking at the North-South research partnerships was motivated by shifts in the aid paradigm and the increasing need to address global challenges through effective, equitable partnerships involving Northern and Southern researchers alike. The report investigated how the instrumental and normative perspectives on partnerships discussed for decades in the field of international development cooperation apply in the sphere of academic North-South collaboration. He cited selected worst and best practices identified via questionnaire, interviews and literature review. Worst practices include the use of southern research resources and capacity to serve northern priorities, the lack of cultural and contextual sensitivity and mounting travel restrictions (Schengen). Best practices include the identification of truly joint research agendas, trust, clear definition of roles and responsibilities. He set a few key questions in regard to whose excellence counts, how to make use of the potentials of ICT, how to deal with partnerships on politically sensitive issues, and how to make room for effective, equitable North-South partnerships in programs such as Horizon2020.

Pictures below by Barbara Frommann

  • EADI-Workshop 2014
  • Gilles Carbonnier, EADI 2014
  • EADI-Workshop 2014Bild: Barbara Frommann1/2
  • Gilles Carbonnier, EADI 2014Bild: Barbara Frommann2/2

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