Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies : The Norhed Programme 2013-2020

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE. Sustainable capacity development in higher education and research: Norad's approach -- Capacity building through Norhed -- Learning from previous programmes -- The development of Norhed -- Four core characteristics of the Norhed programme -- Researcher initiated -- Ownership and relevance led by the South -- A holistic approach to capacity development -- Flexible and contextually adapted -- 'Sustainable development' in higher education -- The glocalisation of higher education -- Norhed and Agenda 2030 -- Reflections on Norhed's first programme period, 2013-2019/2020 -- Future directions -- About the authors -- Notes -- References -- Introduction. The Norhed programme: A laboratory for academic collaboration -- Knowledge and power -- Space and place -- Epistemology and presuppositions -- Disciplines and global knowledge -- Decolonisation and neoliberalism -- What type of internationalisation? -- Knowledge and development: Disentangling 'capacity development' -- The UN's agenda for sustainable development -- About this book -- About the volume editors -- Notes -- References -- PART ONE. GLOBAL-LOCAL REALITIES -- Introduction to Part One -- 1. Decolonising universities -- The importance of theory -- Colonialism and the university -- The problem -- The University of Dar es Salaam: The question of relevance -- Tanzaphilia -- The language question -- About the author -- Notes -- References -- 2. Antimicrobial stewardship and conservancy in Africa -- Aims, objectives and outcomes of the project -- Project implementation and stewardship approach -- Global forces shaping the project -- Our approach to technical assistance, capacity building and partnership -- Knowledge and gender gains in Mozambique and Malawi -- Sustainability.