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University and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa : benefits, drivers, and constraints of knowledges production / Nelson Casimiro Zavale and Christian Schneijderberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zavale, Nelson Casimiro, 1982- author.
- Schneijderberg, Christian, author.
- Series:
- Perspectives on education in Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Educational sociology.
- Education, Higher--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Education, Higher.
- Knowledge, Sociology of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Nelson Casimiro Zavale is Associate Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo-Mozambique, and a Senior Research Fellow at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Christian Schneijderberg, PhD, works as Senior Researcher at the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel, Germany.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- University and academics' societal engagement: main concepts
- Same but different? SSA as knowledge society and economy
- Knowledge producers in SSA: higher education institutions
- Features of knowledge produced in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Characteristics and typologies of stakeholders and knowledge users in SSA
- Forms and channels of knowledges transfer between university and external stakeholders in Sub-Sahara Africa
- Outputs, outcomes and benefits of university and academics' societal engagement and knowledges transfer in Sub-Sahara Africa
- Main drivers and constraints or barriers to university's societal engagement and knowledge transfer
- (Un-)fitness of conventional approaches to university and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa and presentation of an alternative analytical framework
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zavale, Nelson Casimiro, 1982- University and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781003383864
- 1003383866
- 9781040091791
- 1040091792
- 9781040091814
- 1040091814
- Publisher Number:
- 40032440112
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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