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Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: As we move from the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it is important to consider how development agendas are set, the progress that has been made over the past 15 years, and how current debates are shaping global development efforts for the next 15. This book was, produced as part of a University College London-London International Development Centre research collaboration entitled, "Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development". The aim of the book is to provide a concise introduction to the debates in a number of vital development sectors, review progress made in each sector, and to consider how looking beyond sectors might open new opportunities for inclusive, sustainable development. Each chapter in this book was produced collaboratively by academics from a wide number of disciplines. As such, it represents a truly interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral effort, of the kind that will be necessary for successful development and implementation of future international development goals.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Human society is full of would-be ‘change agents’, a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with respect. Striking then, that not many universities have a Department of Change Studies, to which social activists can turn for advice and inspiration. Instead, scholarly discussions of change are fragmented with few conversations crossing disciplinary boundaries, rarely making it onto the radars of those actively seeking change. This book aims to bridge the gap between academia and practice, bringing together the best research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists to explore the topic of social and political change. Drawing on many first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world’s largest social justice NGOs, as well as insights gleaned from studying and working on international development, it tests ideas and offers the latest thinking on what works to achieve progressive change. Table of Contents Foreword, Ha-Joon Chang Introduction Part 1. A Power and Systems Approach 1: Systems Thinking Changes Everything 2: Power Lies at the Heart of Change 3: Shifts in Social Norms often Underpin Change Case Study: The Chiquitanos of Bolivia Part 2. Institutions and the Importance of History Introduction to Section 2 4: How States Evolve 5: The Machinery of Law 6: Accountability, Political Parties,and the Media 7: How the International System Shapes Change 8: Transnational Corporations as Drivers and Targets of Change Case Study: The December 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change Part 3. Activists Introduction to Section 3 9: Citizen Activism and Civil Society 10: Leaders and leadership 11: The Power of Advocacy 12: A Power and Systems Approach to Making Change Happen In Conclusion

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: R&D Trends and Evolution - Emerging Concepts, Frameworks, Policies, Management Systems, and Applications by Soha Maad --- Chapter 2: Human Development and Research-Development-Extension Relationships by Orhan Özçatalbaş --- Chapter 3: SMEs Development through Public and Private Partnerships: The Key Role of Research Transfer and Patent Information Analysis by Henri Dou --- Chapter 4: Smart Microgrids: Optimizing Local Resources toward Increased Efficiency and a More Sustainable Growth by Wilfried Elmenreich, Tamer Khatib and Andrea Monacchi --- Chapter 5: Assessing the Possible Potential in Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission: Application of a Proven Hybrid Method by Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju and Charles Mbohwa --- Chapter 6: Research and Devolopment about Metallurgical Industry of Romania by Adrian Ioana, Augustin Semenescu and Mihnea Costoiu

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book seeks to pose and explore a question that sheds light on the contested but largely cooperative nature of Arctic governance in the post-Cold War period: how does power matter – and how has it mattered – in shaping cross-border cooperation and diplomacy in the Arctic? Each chapter functions as a window through which power relations in the Arctic are explored. Issues include how representing the Arctic region matters for securing preferred outcomes, how circumpolar cooperation is marked by regional hierarchies and how Arctic governance has become a global social site in its own right, replete with disciplining norms for steering diplomatic behaviour. This book draws upon Russia’s role in the Arctic Council as an extended case study and examines how Arctic cross-border governance can be understood as a site of competition over the exercise of authority.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Addressing Climate Change through Indigenous Knowledge Systems / by Edmond Sanganyado. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-1 --- 2. Democratization of Access / by Kamala T. Rajagopal. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-2 --- 3. Open Scientific Research Is Imperative in the World of the Future / by Yin Zhixuan. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-3 --- 4. A Futuristic Report on the Global Benefits of Open Research / by Efurosibina Daniel Attoye. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-4 --- 5. Benefits of Open Research: My Own Stories / by Ankur Sarker. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-5 --- 6. Open Research as a Tool for Knowledge That Benefits Everyone / by Alexandra-Cristina Ticea. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-6 --- 7. Commodity or Public Property? / by Nils A. Nilsson. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-7 --- 8. A Case for Unfettered Access / by Ijeoma Priscilla Ufwuanyi. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-8 --- 9. The Open Science Revolution / by Alessandro Chiadò. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-9 --- 10. Open Research—A Supreme Way to Celebrate Your Work / by Gagandeep Kaur. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-10 --- 11. The Past, Present and Future of Open Access / by Syed Shan e Ali Zaidi. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-11 --- 12. Open Research: Past, Present, and Future / by Mario Gajdacs. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-12 --- 13. Taking the Leap: The Benefits of Open Science / by Simon Morand-Beaulieu. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-13 --- 14. A Free Piece of Cake / by Gianluca Cidonio. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-14 --- 15. A Spec of Research to Which Anyone Can Add / by Rebecca von Hellfeld. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-15 --- 16. The 3 Cs of Open Research: Canalization, Communication and Collaboration / by Jose Jaramillo Ortiz. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-16 --- 17. Open Research: A Gateway to Scientific Outreach and Innovation / by Abel Abera Negash. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-17 --- 18. Open Access and Traditional Journal Publications Assessment / by Pedram Asaf. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-18 --- 19. Science Should Not Be Kept Behind Paywalls / by Stefan Stošic. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-19 --- 20. Open Research: A Transformative Way Towards Collaboration, Sharing and Dissemination of Knowledge / by Lipi Chhaya. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-20 --- 21. The Impact of Traditional vs Open Access on Scientific Publications / by Miquesias Lopes-Pacheco. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-21 --- 22. Open Access Research: Bridging the Gap Towards Global Research Improvement / by Jenichi Clairvaux Felizco. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-22 --- 23. The Effects of Open Research on the Scientific World / by Afrina Mustari. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-23 --- 24. Open Sesame! / by Magaret Sivapragasam. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-24 --- 25. The Global Benefits of Open Research and How It Can Change Scientific Publishing / by Bernhard C. Geiger. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-25 --- 26. The Academic, Industrial and Societal Impacts of Open Research / by Fitya Syarifa Mozar. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-26 --- 27. Global Consequences of Open Research / by Manisha Hariram and Ravi Sahu. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-27 --- 28. Drawing an Accessible Future for New Generations / by Michael Nones. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-28 --- 29. The Impact of Open Access on Global Challenges Research / by Paula Fraga-Lamas. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-29 --- 30. Why Care About the Higgs Boson / by Spiros Kitsinelis. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-30 --- 31. Open Research: What’s More? / by Stefano Cinti. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-31 --- 32. Open Research: Much Ado About Nothing? / by Tochukwa Ozulumbra. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-32 --- 33. Open Research is a Blessing / by Mai Sabry Saleh. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-33 --- 34. Prospects of Global Open Research / by Auriol Degbelo. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-34 --- 35. Open Access: a Two-Way Path for the Underprivileged / by Stefania Noerman. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-35 --- 36. Open Research: Interlinking Sanctuaries of Knowledge / by James Guo Sheng Moo. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-010-1-36

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, however, the growth of trade has been sluggish and the expansion of GVCs has stalled. Meanwhile, serious threats have emerged to the model of trade-led growth. New technologies could draw production closer to the consumer and reduce the demand for labor. And conflicts among large countries could lead to a retrenchment or a segmentation of GVCs. This book examines whether there is still a path to development through GVCs and trade. It concludes that technological change is, at this stage, more a boon than a curse. GVCs can continue to boost growth, create better jobs, and reduce poverty provided that developing countries implement deeper reforms to promote GVC participation; industrial countries pursue open, predictable policies; and all countries revive multilateral cooperation.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Der Jahresbericht der DFG bietet auf über 320 Seiten einen umfassenden Überblick über die Tätigkeits- und Förderschwerpunkte im Jahr 2018. In journalistisch aufbereiteten Beiträgen werden Projekte aus der Forschungs- und Infrastrukturförderung vorgestellt, die pars pro toto für die über 33 000 Vorhaben stehen, die im Berichtsjahr von der DFG mit insgesamt über 3,4 Milliarden Euro gefördert wurden. In diesem Jahr stehen dabei die Exzellenzcluster im Vordergrund, über die 2018 im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie des Bundes und der Länder zur Stärkung der Spitzenforschung an den Universitäten in Deutschland (ExStra) die Entscheidungen fielen. Ein ausführlicher statistischer Teil präsentiert die wichtigsten Zahlen und Grafiken zum Förderhandeln der DFG. Der Jahresbericht, der am 4. Juli 2019 bei der Mitgliederversammlung im Rahmen der Jahresversammlung vorgestellt wurde, zeigt nicht zuletzt, dass eine gut funktionierende Selbstverwaltung der deutschen Wissenschaft von dem Engagement zahlreicher Personen lebt, wie sie in der DFG beispielsweise als Gutachterinnen und Gutachter, Gremienmitglieder oder Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der Geschäftsstelle tätig sind.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is subject to new tensions, such as venture capitalists funding MOOC companies. This is a crucial time for determining the future direction of open education. In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all those with an interest in education.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but kids don’t learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity-building efforts. The book then analyzes this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back—particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem-driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past. | Table of Contents Introduction: "The Long Voyage of Discovery" Part 1. The Problem: The Creation and Consolidation of Capability Traps 1: The Big Stuck in State Capability 2: Looking Like a State: The Seduction of Isomorphic Mimicry 3: Premature Load Bearing: Doing Too Much Too Soon 4: Capability for Policy Implementation 5: What Type of Organization Capability is Needed? Part 2. A Strategy for Action: Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 6: The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability for Implementation 7: Doing Problem-Driven Work 8: The Searchframe: Doing Experimental Iterations 9: Managing Your Authorizing Environment 10: Building State Capability at Scale Through Groups

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction 1 --- Introduction to Open (Robert Biswas-Diener and Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 3 --- A Brief History of Open Educational Resources (T. J. Bliss and M. Smith) 9 --- Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy (Cable Green) 29 --- Openness and the Transformation of Education and Schooling (William G. Huitt and David M. Monetti) 43 --- What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER (Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow, Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew) 67 --- Are OE Resources High Quality? (Regan A. R. Gurung) 79 --- Open Practices 87 --- Opening Science (Brian A. Nosek) 89 --- Open Course Development at the OERu (Wayne Mackintosh) 101 --- From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open (Robin DeRosa and Scott Robison) 115 --- Opening Up Higher Education with Screencasts (David B. Miller and Addison Zhao) 125 --- Librarians in the Pursuit of Open Practices (Quill West) 139 --- A Library Viewpoint: Exploring Open Educational Practices (Anita Walz) 147 --- How to Open an Academic Department (Farhad Dastur) 163 --- Case Studies 179 --- The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access Success Story (Dan Weijers and Aaron Jarden) 181 --- Iterating Toward Openness: Lessons Learned on a Personal Journey (David Wiley) 195 --- Open-Source for Educational Materials Making Textbooks Cheaper and Better (Ed Diener, Carol Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener) 209 --- Free is Not Enough (Richard Baraniuk, Nicole Finkbeiner, David Harris, Dani Nicholson and Daniel Williamson) 219 --- The BC Open Textbook Project (Mary Burgess) 227 --- TeachPsychScience.org: Sharing to Improve the Teaching of Research Methods (David B. Strohmetz, Natalie J. Ciarocco and Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.) 237 --- DIY Open Pedagogy: Freely Sharing Teaching Resources in Psychology (Jessica Hartnett) 245 --- Conclusion 255 --- You Can’t Sell Free, and Other OER Problems (Robert Biswas-Diener) 257 --- Open as Default: The Future of Education and Scholarship (Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 267 --- Index 281