LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER THROUGH SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH
LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER THROUGH SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH
A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IN RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE AGRO-FOOD NETWORKS
Author(s): Wojciech Goszczyński, Piotr Stankiewicz, Sandra Karner, Nicoleta ChioncelSubject(s): Governance, Methodology and research technology, Social development, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Centrum Badań i Innowacji Pro-Akademia
Keywords: co-operative research;scientific innovation;participation;integration of knowledge;science in society;science governance
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a participatory pattern of conducting research for social science. A few projects based on the idea of ‘co-operative research’ have been funded within the 7th EU Framework Programme. Among them was the project “Facilitating Alternative Agro-Food Networks – Stakeholder Perspective on Research Needs” (FAAN). One of its goals was to test the potential of the co-operative approach in social research practice. This paper aims to present and discuss the experiences from the project to reflect upon the usefulness of co-operative research as a scientific innovation and a new research paradigm, as well as to propose its reframing based on the results of the project. The article ends with practical recommendations concerning management or research projects in a co-operative manner, stressing the need of competencies for team leaders in micro-management of heterogeneous research teams.
Journal: Acta Innovations
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 74-86
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English