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Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System: Balancing validity, meaning and convenience book cover

1st Edition

Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System Balancing validity, meaning and convenience

Edited By Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen, Elisabet S. Hauge, May-Linda Magnussen, Richard Ennals Copyright 2017
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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 Wallevik



2. Why Norway has to develop its own innovation policy



Arne Isaksen



3. Knowledge transfer in different regional contexts



Nina Kyllingstad and Elisabet S. Hauge



4. Collective knowing



James Karlsen and Miren Larrea



Part II: Understanding regional practice



5. Opening or reproducing understandings



Mikaela Vasstrøm



6. Social integration of refugees



May-Linda Magnussen and Ingunn Kvamme



7. Comparative reflection



Hanne Haaland and Hege Wallevik



8. Phenomenology of music students



Elisabet S. Hauge



9. Power and knowledge



Jørn Cruickshank and Hege Wallevik



Part III: Explaining regional practice



10. Network ties between universities and cultural and creative industries



Barbara Zyzak, Rómulo Pinheiro and Elisabet S. Hauge



11. The usefulness of applied research



Christine Svarstad and Ellen Nyhus



12. Regional knowledge infrastructure



Sissel Strickert



13. The Mittelstand



Michael Ricke, Kristin Wallevik and Geir Jørgensen



Part IV: Influencing regional social practice



14. Getting China-ready



Sarah Holst Kjær



15. Business models for new experiential services



Tor Helge Aas and Geir Jørgensen



16. Commitment to sustainability in Agder



Stina Torjesen and Karen Landmark



17. Universities’ external relations



Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen

Biography

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.

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