Sweden’s Research Aid Policy
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The Role of Science in Development
Author(s)
Brodén Gyberg, Veronica
Language
EnglishAbstract
Science and technology have long been considered key for development, problem solving and education in low-income countries, and Sweden has been at the forefront of efforts in this area, as one of the first countries to formalize research aid. This book analyses how the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Sarec) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have worked to promote science in low-income countries. In doing so, the book tackles challenging questions around whose knowledges and capacities count, who sets the research agenda, how knowledge resources are distributed, and how complex donor–recipient relationships serve both to address and inflate these issues. Through a discursive analysis of policy material and interviews with former directors at Sarec and Sida as well as other key persons, the book traces how perceptions of the relationship between research and development have shifted over the last five decades. Pointing to why long-term collaboration is necessary in order to contribute significantly to capacity building, as well as highlighting more general tensions relating to the production of knowledge, Sweden’s Research Aid Policy: The Role of Science in Development will be a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers of foreign aid, development cooperation and the history of science and technology.
Keywords
Development; Sweden; Policy; Aid; Science; Sociotechnical Imaginary; Research Aid; North South Research Partnerships; Low Income Countries; LIC; National Innovation Systems; Research Councils; Swedish Researchers; Canadian IDRC; Social Science Research; Swedish Aid; Wider Social Practice; Addis Ababa Action Agenda; Discursive Practice; High Income Country; Research Cooperation; Research Capacity; High FDI; Van Audenhove; Inclusive Innovation; UNESCO’s Influence; Local Research Capacity; UK Researcher; West GermanyDOI
10.4324/9781003033271ISBN
9781000892741, 9780367467258, 9781000892772, 9781003033271, 9781000892741Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
Oxford, 2023Imprint
RoutledgeSeries
Routledge Explorations in Development Studies,Classification
Sociology
Development studies
International institutions
Technology: general issues