Transforming the Production and Use of Knowledge as a Key to Sustainable Development

@ European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

In this post, Niko Schäpke and Ioan Fazey argue for the relevance of changing knowledge production and use in the context of global development: “In this endeavor, the use and generation of knowledge has an important role to play in shaping the direction, form and distribution of development. This is why formalized knowledge systems such as universities, research institutes and education, must change in order to best support transformations to more sustainable societies.”

Read the original post here:  http://www.developmentresearch.eu/?p=905

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