University and Academics’ Societal Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Benefits, Drivers, and Constraints of Knowledge Production

AvNelson Casimiro Zavale,Christian Schneijderberg

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This book provides a comprehensive account of the patterns of university and academics’ societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), considering knowledge production and the resulting outputs, outcomes, and benefits that are yielded from such engagement for society.Responding to the call for increased visibility of otherwise marginalised voices in SSA’s extant global literature on knowledge production, chapters in the book explore questions around Knowledge-based Economies and forms of knowledge, and suggest an alternative framework to overcome conventional bias and limits present in prominent concepts, such as National Systems of Innovation, Triple Helix, and Mode 2. Further, the authors examine the main drivers, constraints, and barriers to this engagement, and the typology of those with a vested interest in its development.Ultimately exploring how higher education institutions in SSA engage with, and transfer knowledge to, different external stakeholders, this book will be of value to academics involved with the study of higher education and science, innovation studies, the sociology of education, and education and development more broadly. In addition, politicians, administrators, and practitioners related to higher education, science, and innovation will also find the book of use.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Perspectives on Education in Africa
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032469362

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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.

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List of figures and tablesList of abbreviationsSeries editor's forewordPreface and acknowledgements by Nelson C. ZavaleNote for the readerChapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - University and academics' societal engagement: Main conceptsChapter 3 - Same but different? SSA as knowledge society and economyChapter 4 - Knowledge producers in SSA: Higher education institutionsChapter 5 - Features of knowledge produced in Sub-Saharan AfricaChapter 6 - Characteristics and typologies of stakeholders and knowledge users in SSAChapter 7 - Forms and channels of knowledges transfer between university and external stakeholders in Sub-Sahara AfricaChapter 8 - Outputs, outcomes ,and benefits of university and academics' societal engagement and knowledges transfer in Sub-Sahara AfricaChapter 9 - Main drivers and constraints or barriers to university's societal engagement and knowledge transferChapter 10 - (Un-)fitness of conventional approaches to university and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa and the presentation of an alternative analytical frameworkAfterwordIndex