The Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability: Addressing Fragmentations through International Academic Partnerships
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
3. State of the Art and Conceptual Framework
3.1. Sustainability and Internationalization in Higher Education
3.2. The Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability and Its Fragmentations
4. Empirical Explorations on the Fragmentations of the Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability
4.1. Disciplinary Fragmentation: The Neglect of “Brown Issues”
4.2. The Spatial Fragmentation of Knowledge: Evidence from the Andes
5. Addressing Fragmentations: The Role of International Academic Partnerships
5.1. trAndeS: Social Inequalities and Sustainable Development in the Andes
5.2. Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries in Research and Teaching on Social Inequalities and Sustainability
5.3. Adressing Spatial Knowledge Fragmentations: A Hub and a Twodimensional Network
6. Final Reflections
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References and note
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UNSM, Peru | Universidad de San Antonio de Abad de Cusco, Peru | Universidad de San Martin, Peru | UMSA CIDES Bolivia | Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador | ||
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Number of publications: | 125 | 105 | 48 (research projects) | 78 | 73 | |
Language: | Spanish | 122 | 103 | 48 | 68 | 37 |
English | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 36 | |
Portuguese | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Spatial focus: | Local | 0 | 39 | 38 | 9 | 7 |
Regional | 0 | 0 | 1 (Amazonia) | 0 | 0 | |
National | 58 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 54 | |
International | 26 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 9 | |
Theoretical | 40 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 3 (and methods) | |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
No data | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Publications: | Book ed. international | 9 | 0 | / | 7 | 11 |
Book ed. university own | 20 | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
Books ed. others national | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
University own journals | 0 | 105 | 15 | 0 | ||
Other national journals | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
External journal non peer review | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
International journal peer review | 4 | 0 | 8 | 41 | ||
Grey literature | 48 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
No data | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Diffusion byuniversity (website): | Yes | No information on publications of individual researchers | Yes |
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Schorr, B.; Braig, M.; Fritz, B.; Schütt, B. The Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability: Addressing Fragmentations through International Academic Partnerships. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9930. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179930
Schorr B, Braig M, Fritz B, Schütt B. The Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability: Addressing Fragmentations through International Academic Partnerships. Sustainability. 2021; 13(17):9930. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179930
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchorr, Bettina, Marianne Braig, Barbara Fritz, and Brigitta Schütt. 2021. "The Global Knowledge Value Chain on Sustainability: Addressing Fragmentations through International Academic Partnerships" Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9930. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179930