Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System Balancing validity, meaning and convenience
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2016
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472487827
Publisert
2016-10-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
589 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336
Biographical note
Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen is a professor in the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Agder in Norway. He is a specialist in the study of working life and innovation. For 15 years Garmann Johnsen has been involved in a national research programme into collaborative innovation. He has written and presented papers and authored journal articles published worldwide. Richard Ennals is a visiting professor at the Swedish Royal institute of Technology, and a director of the UK Work Organisation Network. He is Vice-Chair of the World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education. Ennals is Review Editor of the journal AI and Society and has himself authored many books, papers and journal articles.
This book illustrates how applied social scientists and their research are integrated with stakeholders and practitioners in a local/regional setting, and how knowledge development is a mutual concern, made in, and dependent on, ongoing dialogue. Focusing on the Agder region, the southernmost region in Norway, researchers and contributors question what impact the changing economic environment will have on applied researchers around the world. Applied research is seen as a vital part of the infrastructure for economic and social development, in the Agder region and beyond. The chapters are divided into four parts: the spatial dimension of knowledge development; understanding regional practice; explaining regional practice; influencing regional social practice.A useful resource for both policy makers and researchers, the book helps readers reflect on the type of mutual competence building that applied social science research implies, and depends on, in a regional knowledge development process. It represents a voice on how to understand the development of the knowledge society at regional and global levels.
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Part I: The special dimension of knowledge development 1. Developing a sustainable business model in a changing economy Roger Henning Normann, Eugene Guribye and Kristin Wallevik2. Why Norway has to develop its own innovation policy Arne Isaksen3. Knowledge transfer in different regional contexts Nina Kyllingstad and Elisabet S. Hauge4. Collective knowing James Karlsen and Miren Larrea Part II: Understanding regional practice 5. Opening or reproducing understandings Mikaela Vasstrøm6. Social integration of refugees May-Linda Magnussen and Ingunn Kvamme 7. Comparative reflection Hanne Haaland and Hege Wallevik8. Phenomenology of music students Elisabet S. Hauge9. Power and knowledge Jørn Cruickshank and Hege WallevikPart III: Explaining regional practice 10. Network ties between universities and cultural and creative industries Barbara Zyzak, Rómulo Pinheiro and Elisabet S. Hauge11. The usefulness of applied research Christine Svarstad and Ellen Nyhus12. Regional knowledge infrastructure Sissel Strickert13. The Mittelstand Michael Ricke, Kristin Wallevik and Geir JørgensenPart IV: Influencing regional social practice 14. Getting China-ready Sarah Holst Kjær15. Business models for new experiential services Tor Helge Aas and Geir Jørgensen16. Commitment to sustainability in Agder Stina Torjesen and Karen Landmark 17. Universities’ external relations Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Roger Normann and Rómulo PinheiroConclusion: Applied social science research in the regional knowledge system Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Elisabet Sørfjorddal Hauge, May-Linda Magnussen and Richard EnnalsReferences
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472487827
Publisert
2016-10-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
589 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336