Transnational Research and Development Partnerships in Higher Education: Global Perspectives

Koehn, Peter H.; Obamba, Milton O.

doi:10.4135/9781452218397.n20

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“…Contrary to most existing research on international HE partnerships, which focus on high-level institutional actors or players, our case study focuses on the individuals involved in the initial stages of forming the partnership and the relationships at the heart of that process, which contributed to enlarging the network over the last fifteen years. This aligns with Koehn and Obamba's (2012)…”

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confidence: 83%

“…There is a growing body of literature on the benefits and value of HE partnerships (Kinser & Green, 2009). With respect to North-South partnerships, there is research on capacity building (Chapman, Pekol & Wilson, 2014;Koehn & Obamba, 2012;Obamba & Mwema, 2009) and the financial benefits of international partnerships for Global South institutions (Morfit, Gore & Akridge, 2009;Teferra, 2009).…”

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Social Capital in Higher Education Partnerships: A Case Study of the Canada–Cuba University Partnership

Larsen

Tascón

2018

High Educ Policy

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This article reports on the findings of a case study about the Canada-Cuba University Partnership (CCUP), a teaching, research and service partnership between individuals associated with a Canadian and Cuban University. The research question guiding the study was: "How do the relationships among individuals in the CCUP shape the partnership?" Our review of existing literature on higher education partnerships reveals the lack of literature focusing on the relationships among individual partnership members. Our study is framed by social capital as our theoretical approach and social network analysis as our methodological approach. These approaches enable us to map out the connections between and among individuals and show the importance of their relationships. We analyze the partnership focusing on social capital, highlighting the mutually-beneficial activities and the role of central actors in the network who contributed to the formation of the partnership and the long-lasting relationships among academics in both countries. Relationships in the CCUP are characterized by mutuality, solidarity, strong and thick ties. The argument we advance is that understanding the collaborative relationships among members of higher education partnerships and the productive capacities of those relationships through the enactment of social capital provides insights into how sustainable and successful partnerships work.

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Section: Social Capital and The Establishment Of The Ccupsupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%