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Evidence and the Politics of Participation in Academic-INGO Research Partnerships for International Development

参与国际发展学术-INGO 研究伙伴关系的证据和政治

基本信息

批准号：
ES/M002306/1
负责人：
Jude Fransman
金额：
$ 4.36万
依托单位：
The Open University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FM002306%2F1
关键词：
Evidence Politics Participation Academic INGO

项目摘要

This proposal arises responsively from concern expressed by both practitioners and academics to improve research partnerships between HEIs and INGOs in the field of international development. In the context of a British funding climate in which academics are under heightened pressure to justify the impact of their research by engaging research users and mediators (HEFCE et al 2011) and INGOs are seeking to satisfy donors and supporters by providing 'rigorous measures of success' for their programmes (Eyben 2013) partnerships are increasingly perceived as mutually beneficial. However, while the drive towards research collaboration has fuelled many new initiatives to broker partnerships, a recent wave of studies have suggested that the effectiveness of partnerships is often limited by constraints to participation (e.g. Aniekwe et al 2012; ELRHA 2012; Hanley and Vogel 2012). These studies have been largely descriptive, focusing on the instrumental nature of partnerships but with little analytical attention to the mechanics of participation or to the implications for the kind of evidence that is valued in and produced through partnerships. A new research agenda is therefore needed to strengthen the analyses of partnerships and in doing so, contribute to broader understandings of the politics of knowledge production within and outside of the academy.In response, this series brings together interrelated strands of research on 'participation in knowledge production' and the 'politics of evidence'. The seminars will explore the intersection between these two strands by drawing together research from different disciplines and sectors on how participation and notions of evidence are negotiated in research partnerships at three distinct levels: institutions (assumptions, agendas, structures and processes); literacy practices (new communication practices required for effective co-production of research); and research artefacts (tools, techniques, technologies and texts). It will achieve this in the following ways:First, context-setting workshop informed by position papers will frame the core seminars by providing a series of analytical frameworks for understanding partnerships. This 2-day workshop will also be used to develop a tool kit for participatory analysis of partnership case studies and establish a code of conduct for the following seminars.Second, a core series of four seminars structured around eight case studies of research partnerships (each co-presented by an academic and practitioner) will be used to create a safe space to facilitate trust and enable critical reflection of experiences in partnerships. These seminars will be innovative in their form using a range of participatory methodologies to structure analysis and debate, encourage active participation, and enable power dynamics within the process to be made visible and confronted. Due to the sensitive nature of discussions, these seminars will be restricted, however, dialogue with external participants will be facilitated through innovative use of social media (including a real-time Twitter-feed).Third, the outcomes of the core seminars will be presented at a high-level conference which will also incorporate insights and perspectives from a range of UK-based and international contibutors. The conference will conclude with a round-table discussion on the research agenda and around strategies for developing resources to support stronger research partnerships By drawing together as co-researchers practitioners and academics (including senior and early-career researchers) and research students - who often occupy both roles simultaneously - the seminar series aims to democratise the status of both academics and practitioners as co-researchers. The series will result in the development of publications and resources to inform a new research agenda and improve practice in research partnerships.

这一建议的提出是对实践者和学术界所表示的关注的回应，以改善高等院校和研究所在国际发展领域的研究伙伴关系。在英国的资助环境中，学术界面临着更大的压力，需要通过吸引研究用户和中介来证明其研究的影响（HEFCE等人，2011年），而INFERO正在寻求通过为其方案提供“严格的成功措施”来满足捐助者和支持者（Eyben，2013年），伙伴关系越来越被视为互利的。然而，虽然研究合作的动力推动了许多新的倡议，以促成伙伴关系，但最近的一波研究表明，伙伴关系的有效性往往受到参与限制的限制（例如，Aniekwe等人，2012年; ELRHA，2012年;汉利和Vogel，2012年）。这些研究主要是描述性的，侧重于伙伴关系的工具性质，但很少分析参与的机制或对伙伴关系所重视和通过伙伴关系产生的证据的影响。因此，需要一个新的研究议程，以加强对伙伴关系的分析，并在这样做，有助于更广泛地了解知识生产的政治内外的学术界。作为回应，这一系列汇集了相互关联的研究股“参与知识生产”和“证据的政治”。研讨会将通过汇集来自不同学科和部门的研究，探讨这两个方面之间的交叉点，探讨如何在三个不同层次的研究伙伴关系中谈判参与和证据概念：机构（假设、议程、结构和进程）;扫盲实践（有效合作开展研究所需的新的交流做法）;以及研究成果（工具、技巧、技术和文本）。它将通过以下方式实现这一目标：第一，根据立场文件举办背景设定讲习班，为理解伙伴关系提供一系列分析框架，以此作为核心研讨会的框架。这一为期两天的讲习班还将用于开发一个工具包，用于对伙伴关系案例研究进行参与性分析，并为以下研讨会制定行为守则：第二，将围绕八个研究伙伴关系案例研究（每个案例研究由一名学术界人士和一名从业人员共同介绍）举办四次核心系列研讨会，以创造一个安全的空间，促进信任，并对伙伴关系的经验进行批判性反思。这些研讨会的形式将具有创新性，采用一系列参与性方法来组织分析和辩论，鼓励积极参与，并使进程中的权力动态得以显现和正视。由于讨论的敏感性，这些研讨会将受到限制，但是，将通过创新性地使用社交媒体（包括实时推特）来促进与外部参与者的对话。第三，核心研讨会的成果将在一个高级别会议上介绍，该会议还将纳入来自英国和国际贡献者的见解和观点。会议结束时将举行圆桌讨论会，讨论研究议程和开发资源的战略，以支持更强的研究伙伴关系。通过将共同研究人员、从业人员和学者（包括高级和早期职业研究人员）以及研究生（他们通常同时担任这两个角色）聚集在一起，研讨会系列旨在使学者和从业人员作为共同研究人员的地位民主化。该系列将导致出版物和资源的开发，为新的研究议程提供信息，并改善研究伙伴关系的做法。