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The Art of Partnerships Fostering Effective North-South Research Collaboration

The Art of Partnerships Fostering Effective North-South Research Collaboration. Professor Philip Oxhorn Director, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University and Editor in Chief, Latin American Research Review. Introduction Perceptions Matter . What is a State?

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The Art of Partnerships Fostering Effective North-South Research Collaboration

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  1. The Art of Partnerships Fostering Effective North-South Research Collaboration Professor Philip Oxhorn Director, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University and Editor in Chief, Latin American Research Review

  2. IntroductionPerceptions Matter • What is a State? • Whose Agenda? • Accountable to Whose Citizens? • Northern Taxpayers? • Communities in Need? • Whose Research Questions? • Goal: Laying out the Foundation for Genuine Collaboration

  3. Recognizing Comparative Advantages • The North’s: Resources • Breadth of Expertise • Information Technology • Libraries • Databases • Computational • The South’s • Depth of Expertise • A Unique Perspective?

  4. Ensuring that Policies Reflect Recipient Needs and Priorities • Consultation and Networking • Building Research Capacity in Southern Countries • Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships • Visiting Researchers and Professors • Added Plus: Strengthening Networks • Training Our Own Students • Internships • Research and Study in the South

  5. ISID’S Resident Fellows Program in Democratic Governance • Developed through Active Collaboration between CIDA and CDAS • Research by Southern Researchers to Help CIDA and Similar Donor Agencies Meet their Assistance Objectives • Two Fellows (Bolivia and Peru) • Working with CIDA field officers to identify specific themes • 6-month residency at CDAS to work with McGill researchers and CIDA officials in Ottawa • Graduate Student Involvement

  6. Peace and Development: Democratization, Poverty Reduction and Risk Mitigation in Fragile and Post-Conflict States • Assumption: positive developmental outcomes are mutually reinforcing • Testing that Assumption: • Are poverty reduction, risk mitigation and democratization compatible in post-conflict settings? • Funded by the International Development Research Centre and the World Bank

  7. Peace and Development (cont’d) • 3 sets of related issues: • Participatory Governance and Service Provision; • Power-sharing for Peacebuilding and Development; and • The Economic Agenda for Post-Conflict Reconstruction.

  8. Peace and Development (cont’d) • These Issues are addressed in 2 component parts • Thematic Essays that Assess Aggregate Global Trends (North’s Comparative Advantage) • 7 In-depth Case Studies (South’s Comparative Advantage) • Bosnia, Colombia, Lebanon, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Sudan • Multidisciplinary teams in each country: an economist and a political scientist or sociologist

  9. Peace and Development (cont’d) • Integrating the 2 Components: • Case studies inform the development of macro-level theory • Theory is a foundation for maximizing the coherence of the overall study and the comparability of findings • Mechanisms for Integration • An Advisory Committee of Northerd and Southern Scholars • Workshops for discussing draft papers

  10. Conclusions • A Long Term Horizon • Building Relations Takes Time and Effort • With Donors • With Southern Researchers • Expectations Need to Reflect This • Collaboration as Equals with Different Areas of Experience and Expertise • Goal: Achieving Better Policy Outcomes in Terms of Effectiveness and Relevance

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