The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations
Browse

Engaged Excellence - Full issue

Download (1.78 MB)
report
posted on 2024-09-05, 23:10 authored by Melissa Leach, John Gaventa, Katy Oswald
Who defines what good quality research is? How, why and who should we co-construct knowledge with? What counts as impact? How do we build enduring partnerships? The articles in this IDS Bulletin aim to answer these questions based on IDS’ approach of ‘engaged excellence’. This is where the high quality of work (excellence) is dependent upon it linking to and involving those who are at the heart of the change we wish to see (engaged). Acknowledging the worldwide struggle of researchers, policymakers and practitioners to create knowledge that is both rigorous in its own right while being relevant and useful to those whose lives and futures are potentially affected by new evidence, insights and concepts, engaged excellence combines conceptually and empirically innovative research with extensive engagement with particular countries and people through IDS’ practices, partners and students. Four pillars of engaged excellence are identified as delivering high quality research; co-constructing knowledge; mobilising impact-orientated evidence, and building enduring partnerships. Uniquely, the articles in this IDS Bulletin bring these together to show that they are interrelated and mutually dependent, with contributors raising challenges around reflecting more deeply on what engaged excellence means in different contexts. The complexity and interrelationships become most real when the four pillars are applied in practice. The value of this IDS Bulletin is that it illustrates the challenges, trade-offs and difficulties of using such an approach while contributing to a more cognitively just world in which our research engages with those at the centre of change.

Funding

Default funder

History

Publisher

Institute of Development Studies

Series

IDS Bulletin 47.6

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

IDS Item Types

Series paper (IDS)

Copyright holder

Institute of Development Studies

Language

en

IDS team

Directorate and Development Office

Project identifier

Default project::c941507f-fd0b-4fc3-9822-4b2132f61a1d::600

Usage metrics

    Volume 47. Issue 6: Engaged Excellence

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Licence

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC