Call for Chapter
Proposals: Innovative North-South
University Research Partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean
A volume in the Palgrave Macmillan International and Development Education Book Series, http://us.macmillan.com/series/InternationalandDevelopmentEducation, edited by Gustavo Gregorutti
(Humboldt University) and Nanette Svenson (Tulane University)
Proposal Deadline: 15
August 2014
Bios of the editors
Gustavo Gregorutti
worked until recently as an associate professor in the School of Education at
the University of Montemorelos in Mexico. As part of the school’s graduate
program, he visited several Latin American universities presenting and teaching
on topics related to leadership and administration in higher education.
Currently, as part of a postdoctoral program, he is conducting research at the
Center for Higher Education of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. His
research projects are related to faculty research productivity, private higher
education in the Latin American context, and quality issues that impact
accreditations.
Nanette Svenson is
an adjunct professor at Tulane University’s Payson Center for International
Development and a development consultant for the United Nations and other
international organizations. She is based in the Republic of Panama where she
directs Tulane’s Master of Science in International Development Panama Field
Work Experience. Her research interests focus on capacity development,
particularly of higher education systems and government entities in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Background
Research
productivity, alongside teaching and service, is a critical component of
university output worldwide and a major determinant in global university
rankings. Universities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have a
particularly weak record in this regard. The region currently accounts for less
than three percent of global research and development, less than five percent
of Science Citation Index publications, and between one and two percent of the
top five hundred ranked universities of the world. These figures are not
inspiring; nevertheless, certain research programs scattered throughout the
region’s universities are producing exceptional results. Many of these programs
involve North-South university partnerships, with one or more institutions from
industrialized countries and one or more partner institutions from the LAC
region. These joint endeavors between institutions
in the northern and southern
hemispheres and the research they collaboratively conduct and
disseminate are the focus of this book.
This volume
aims to explore some of the more successful examples of North-South university research
partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean with a view to examining the motivations,
mechanics and limitations of the relationships and highlighting key factors
contributing to the success of the affiliations and their research output.
Specifically, the research questions revolve around the following queries:
•
What
motivates collaboration between universities in different countries with
distinct socio-cultural and economic development contexts?
•
What
barriers and limitations do these universities face in carrying out joint research
projects?
•
What
key factors appear to have advanced research productivity for these
partnerships?
Proposals
Chapters in
this volume will present case studies of North-South university research
partnerships—involving institutions from North America, Europe, Australia, New
Zealand or Japan and counterparts in Latin America and the Caribbean. These
cases will illustrate how collaborative efforts over time have produced
significant knowledge transfer (in both directions), increased research
productivity and scope, and contributed to the strengthening of the
participating institutions.
Chapter
proposals should be 1,000 word summaries that include information on the
following: (1) the participating institutions and departments; (2) the specific
objectives, motivations, protocols, timeframes, mechanics and limitations of
the partnership arrangements; (3) the research produced through the partnership
and its impact—especially for the southern institutions and countries; (4) key
success factors and future implications; and (5) sample references.
Please contact Gustavo Gregorutti, gustavo.gregorutti@hu-berlin.de, and Nanette Svenson, nsvenson@tulane.edu or nanette.svenson@gmail.com, with questions or to submit chapter proposals by 15 August
2014. If accepted, full chapters for external review will be due by 1 December
2014.
