Rethinking North-South Research Partnerships Amidst Global Uncertainties: Leveraging Lessons Learned from UK GCRF Projects during COVID-19

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作者
Anghileri, Daniela [1 ]
Kandel, Matt [1 ]
Austen, Melanie C. [2 ]
Cheung, Vikki V. [2 ]
Coskeran, Helen [3 ]
Devenish, Adam J. M. [4 ]
Dunlop, Patrick S. M. [5 ]
Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli [6 ]
Goh, Hong C. [7 ]
Mwamakamba, Sithembile [8 ]
Ross, Vanessa [5 ]
Spafford, John [9 ]
Yeki, Precious [10 ]
Agaba, Genevieve [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Dept Geog & Environm Sci, Southampton SO171BJ, England
[2] Univ Plymouth, Sch Biol & Marine Sci, Plymouth PL48AA, England
[3] Univ Leeds, Horizons Inst, Leeds LS29JT, England
[4] Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, London SW72AZ, England
[5] Ulster Univ, Nanotechnol & Integrated Bioengn Ctr, Belfast BT151AP, North Ireland
[6] Univ Ghana, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biol Environm & Occupat Hlth Sci, POB LG 13, Legon, Ghana
[7] Univ Malaya, Fac Built Environm, Dept Urban & Reg Planning, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[8] Food Agr & Nat Resources Policy Anal Network, ZA-0184 Pretoria, South Africa
[9] Univ Liverpool, Inst Infect Vet & Ecol Sci, Liverpool L73EA, England
[10] Natl Agr Mkt Council, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
基金
英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会; 英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
Official Development Assistance; Global Challenges Research Fund; pandemic; capacity development; project management; international development; global north-south research collaboration; social-ecological system research; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.3390/land12040791
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
International research and development projects (or grand challenge projects) consist of multicultural, multi-country, multi-sectoral, and multi-stakeholder initiatives aimed at poverty reduction. They are usually conceived as partnerships between actors in the global north-south. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major unexpected disruption to ongoing projects and challenged their already complex management. The aim of this paper is to present evidence on how international development projects were impacted by COVID-19 with a particular focus on the relationship between research institutions in the north and south. We conducted a mixed-methods research study, combining a reflective exercise with the co-author team and a survey with principal investigators, project managers, and capacity development leads drawn from 31 Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) projects funded through the UK government's Official Development Assistance (ODA) and focused on social-ecological system research. The survey contained closed- and open-ended questions in order to (i) demonstrate how those involved in managing projects adapted to risks, including both threats and opportunities, presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and (ii) consider the implications for tailoring adaptive management approaches in international research projects amidst uncertainties, with a special focus on enhancing equities in global north-south partnerships. The paper offers the following recommendations on designing, planning, and implementing international research and development projects: (i) devolve project management in order to enhance project resilience and improve north-south equities; (ii) allocate dedicated resources to enable equitable north-south research partnerships; (iii) rely more on hybrid and agile approaches for managing a project's life cycle; and (iv) improve resource flexibility, transparency, and communication through enhanced funder-implementer collaboration.
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