1st Edition
University and Academics’ Societal Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa Benefits, Drivers, and Constraints of Knowledge Production
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
Series editor's foreword
Preface and acknowledgements by Nelson C. Zavale
Note for the reader
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - University and academics' societal engagement: Main concepts
Chapter 3 - Same but different? SSA as knowledge society and economy
Chapter 4 - Knowledge producers in SSA: Higher education institutions
Chapter 5 - Features of knowledge produced in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 6 - Characteristics and typologies of stakeholders and knowledge users in SSA
Chapter 7 - Forms and channels of knowledges transfer between university and external stakeholders in Sub-Sahara Africa
Chapter 8 - Outputs, outcomes ,and benefits of university and academics' societal engagement and knowledges transfer in Sub-Sahara Africa
Chapter 9 - Main drivers and constraints or barriers to university's societal engagement and knowledge transfer
Chapter 10 - (Un-)fitness of conventional approaches to university and academics' societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa and the presentation of an alternative analytical framework
Afterword
Index
Biography
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.
