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Catalysing Change Agents: Enabling Impact Through Research for Development

Autor Seona Meharg
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 aug 2023
This book provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities for creating positive systemic change through research for development projects, providing four real-world examples. Practical insights are offered on identifying and cultivating change agents through your projects and programs, increasing the likelihood of enduring success. Understanding and participating in these types of interventions enable researchers and practitioners to become better agents of change themselves.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031364327
ISBN-10: 3031364325
Ilustrații: XXIV, 260 p. 63 illus., 43 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2023
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1.- Creating systemic change through Research for Development Interventions.- Chapter 2.- Systemic change and adaptation.- Chapter 3.- Who are and what is the role for change agents?.-  Chapter 4.- Research for Development Alliance.- Chapter 5.-  Climate projections.- high level downscaling for Vietnam.- Chapter 6.- Climate adaptation through sustainable urban development in Can Tho, Vietnam.- Chapter 7.- Climate adaptation through sustainable urban development in Makassar, Indonesia.- Chapter 8.- Climate strategies for rural livelihoods in Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.- Chapter 9.- Activating potential agents of change through R4D.- Chapter 10.- Enabling change agents of the future.

Notă biografică

Dr Seona Meharg is a leading interdisciplinary social scientist, specializing in evaluation and catalysing competencies required for adaptation. She collaboratively designs, leads, and delivers projects across domains with all levels of government and communities, both within Australia and the Asia-Pacific, often in situations of high ambiguity and contested contexts such as climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development through research for development.  Seona has an eclectic background in ecology, communication, environmental law and project management, and exploring how change can be catalyzed in international development projects, exploring the theory and practice of implementation including capacity considerations for adaptation research. 

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This book provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities for creating positive systemic change through research for development projects, providing four real-world examples. Practical insights are offered on identifying and cultivating change agents through your projects and programs, increasing the likelihood of enduring success. Understanding and participating in these types of interventions enable researchers and practitioners to become better agents of change themselves.
 

Caracteristici

An understanding of the characteristics and competencies required in individuals and groups for enabling change Covers four climate projects in South East Asia that tell the story of how they generated impact Insights for funders, researchers, and practitioners on how they can better design projects and programs