scholarly journals ‘Capacity for what? Capacity for whom?’ A decolonial deconstruction of Research Capacity Development practices in the Global South and a proposal for a value-centred approach.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maru Mormina ◽  
Romina Istratii
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Development ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Global South ◽  
A Value ◽  
Research Capacity Development

scholarly journals ‘Capacity for what? Capacity for whom?’ A decolonial deconstruction of research capacity development practices in the Global South and a proposal for a value-centred approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Maru Mormina ◽  
Romina Istratii
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
A Value ◽  
Cognitive Justice ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
Research Capacity Development

Whilst North to South knowledge transfer patterns have been extensively problematised by Southern and decolonial perspectives, there is very little reflection on the practice of research capacity development (RCD), still strongly focused on technoscientific solutionism, yet largely uncritical of its underlying normative directions and power asymmetries. Without making transparent these normative and epistemological dimensions, RCD practices will continue to perpetuate approaches that are likely to be narrow, technocratic and unreflexive of colonial legacies, thus failing to achieve the aims of RCD, namely, the equitable and development-oriented production of knowledge in low- and middle-income societies. Informed by the authors’ direct experience of RCD approaches and combining insights from decolonial works and other perspectives from the margins with Science and Technology Studies, the paper undertakes a normative and epistemological deconstruction of RCD mainstream practice. Highlighting asymmetries of power and material resources in knowledge production, the paper’s decolonial lens seeks to aid the planning, implementation and evaluation of RCD interventions. Principles of cognitive justice and epistemic pluralism, accessibility enabled by systems thinking and sustainability grounded on localisation are suggested as the building blocks for more reflexive and equitable policies that promote research capacity for the purpose of creating social value and not solely for the sake of perpetuating technoscience.

Research capacity development and training

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Ramkalawan ◽  
Paul Dieppe
Keyword(s):  
Research Training ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Real Value ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Training ◽  
Research Capacity Development

The HSRC was awarded a large core grant specifically for research capacity development and training, with the aim of facilitating future high quality HSR in the UK. This was used to pursue three main areas of activity. First, the provision of small grants to facilitate the development of new work, help create new, multidisciplinary groupings and support junior researchers. Of the various schemes discussed, the research initiation grants (max £6000) and workshop awards (max £3000) appear to have been particularly valuable. Second, appoint cohorts of PhD students to pursue four-year training programmes (rather than the traditional three years), during which they received individualized research training and development opportunities with an emphasis on both multidisciplinary HSR training and generic skills training, as well as pursuing their own research projects. Third, improving research training opportunities by developing networks for research staff at various stages in their careers and organizing workshops and courses in specialist HSR subjects, and for generic skills training. The premature closure of the HSRC prevented us from fully evaluating these initiatives and, arguably, their real value will not be apparent for some years. However, we believe that the programme was successful and that it went some way to helping us break out from the traditional, entrenched approaches to research training, and to helping us think of research capacity development as being as important as doing the research itself. But much more remains to be done.

scholarly journals A Systems Orientation to Research Capacity Development: A South African Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Hildegard Van Rensburg ◽  
Sue J Armstrong ◽  
Nelouise Geyer
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Development Data ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Research Capacity Development

Research capacity development is essential for quality and cost-effective healthcare, and well-prepared healthcare professionals. This case study used an exploratory design to gain insight into the contributions that a novice researcher programme makes towards research capacity development. Data were collected from reports to the board of a professional organisation acting as custodian of the project and three reflection workshops. The case was deductively analysed using the literature on research capacity development as the point of departure. The Cooke integrated framework for research capacity building in healthcare was used to evaluate the development that took place. The findings of the analysis are described and discussed according to the eight dimensions of the Cooke integrated framework indicating that this novice programme fulfilled all the dimensions of the framework. 

Lessons for research, capacity development and policy in agroforestry for development

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-798
Author(s):  
D. Callo-Concha ◽  
M. Denich ◽  
M. M. Ul Hassan ◽  
F. Place ◽  
D. A. Wardell
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Development ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Research Capacity Development

scholarly journals Building Research Capacity for Impact in Applied Health Services Research Partnerships Comment on "Experience of Health Leadership in Partnering With University-Based Researchers in Canada – A Call to "Re-imagine" Research"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Health Leadership ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Research Capacity Development

Bowen and colleagues ask us to re-imagine how to conduct research in academic-practice partnerships, and to develop capacity in the applied research and health workforce to do this. This commentary reinforces their messages, and describes a framework of research capacity development for impact (RCDi) which emphasizes active and continuous experiential learning within research partnerships. The RCDi framework includes the need to focus on multiple levels in the collaboration architecture, and describes principles of working that aims to increase impact on services, and learning opportunities for all partners.

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