NORGLOBAL-2 dialogmøte,refleksjoner Forskning om og med land i Sør. Gro Th. Lie UiB Global

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1 NORGLOBAL-2 dialogmøte,refleksjoner Forskning om og med land i Sør Gro Th. Lie UiB Global

2 UiBs strategiplan , fra side 7 Forutsetningen for å lykkes ( ) er at forskningen har høy kvalitet og at forskningsmiljøene fremstår som attraktive samarbeidspartnere. Samtididig må universitetet bidra til å løse globale utfordringer og sørge for kompetansebygging, selv der forskningen ikke har umiddelbar nytteverdi for Norge eller bidrar til å fremme nasjonale interesser. Universitetet i Bergen har lange tradisjoner for forskningssamarbeid med ulike universiteter i Afrika, Asia og Latin-Amerika, og vil søke å mobilisere til ( ) faglig engasjement for ytterligere styrking av slikt samarbeid.

3 Global and development-related research at UiB (fra UiB Globals strategi ) Global and development-related research is a strategic priority area at the University of Bergen. UiB Global is the strategic and operating unit responsible for coordinating both basic and applied research activities across the University s faculties. UiB operates within the notion that global development challenges require multi-disciplinary mobilisation. UiB Global seeks to create synergies and initiate activities across disciplines, institutions and geographic boundaries to critically address challenges of the 21 st century.

4 My own research experience with South-based partners: Research experience from: Tanzania, Zambia, Senegal, Cote d Ivoire, Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Mexico Research network experience with: South-Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal European and Australian partners Multi disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work Mixed methods research designs

5 The NORGLOBAL programme seeks to (fra NORGLOBAL, mine kommentarer på norsk, uthevet med rødt m.m): 1. Strengthen research in Norway on development in developing countries (=kritisk bistandsforskning, forskning på norsk bistandspolitikk, Norges bidrag til NGO er internasjonale inst. MDG?) 2. Strengthen research for development, through the integration of development perspectives into relevant programmes (bidra til å styrke sørperspektivet i andre programmer i NFR?) 3. Strengthen the research capacity of developing countries by enhancing research cooperation between researchers based at institutions in the eligible countries and leading Norwegian research projects (hva betyr research cooperation for NFR?)

6 UiB bruker begrepet utviklingsrelatert forskning f. eks. illustret fra STRATEGISK HANDLINGSPLAN FOR U-LANDSRELATERT FORSKNING OG UTDANNING VED UiB (2003) Uviklingsrelatert forskning:et globalt, lokalt og komparativt perpektiv Globale og lokale utfordringer for fattige land og menneskers sentrale behov og problemer Muligheter og prosesser for utvikling knyttet til disse utfordringene Menneskerettigheter, ressursproblemtikk og bærekraftig utvikling

7 Store globale temaer med lokale realiteter, gjerne med komparativt perspektiv: ( GLOCAL ) Global development challenges: Poverty, equity, equality Climate and energy Health (including social and political determinants of health) Cultures in change, religion and belief systems Migration (including rapid urbanisation) Food Governance

8 Sørperspektivet Forankre forsknings-problemstillinger i prosesser i sør Samarbeide med Sør-forskere i utvikling av prosjekter være sensitiv for hegemonisk tenkning i teori, metode, paradigmer Utlysninger i 2 faser, først forprosjekt, så full søknad Sør partnere med i NFR-komiteene (eller minimum folk med bred erfaring fra forskning i Sør)

9 Universities in the South Often politically appointed leaderships Elite institutions relative to the general educational level in their areas Many academic empoyees have been trained in Western universities Poor salaries, big (increasing) teaching load Poor infrastructure Little research funding (mostly from Western countries) Consultancy work (short term commissioned work) A changing university landscape (private institutions ) What does it mean for our joint cooperation and institution building?

10 How to identify high quality research(ers) in our partner institutions. examples Use existing network of former PhD-students and research partners in identifying relevant candidates, colleagues from partner institutions African Association of Universities priorities African Union Commission has selected 5 centres of excellence with 10 associated network centres in different parts of the African continent on these prioritised themes: Water and Energy Life and Earth Sciences Space Science for telecommunication Basic Science Technology and Innovation Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences

11 CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) Is an independent organisation whose principal objectives are facilitating research, promoting research-based publishing and creating multiple forums geared towards the exchange of views and information among African researchers. It challenges the fragmentation of research through the creation of thematic research networks that cut across linguistic and regional boundaries