Examines what motivates collaboration between universities in different countries with distinct socio-cultural and economic development contexts
Considers barriers and limitations these universities face in carrying out joint research projects
Explores key factors that appear to have advanced research productivity for these partnerships

Autorentext
Gustavo Gregorutti is Professor in the School of Education at Andrews University, USA. His research focuses on faculty research productivity, private higher education in Latin America, and quality issues that impact accreditation. He is presently involved in several research international organizations.
Nanette Svenson is Adjunct Professor of Global Development at Tulane University, USA. She is based in the Republic of Panama and also works as a consultant for the United Nations and other development organizations. Previously, she helped establish the UNDP Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean, heading its research and knowledge management efforts, and taught at local universities in Panama.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Introducing a Bilateral Research and Innovation Agenda: A Case Study on Mexico and the United States.- 3. Science Beyond Politics: Cuba-US Marine Research and Conservation.- INCAE, Harvard, and International Development: Research for Progress in Central America.- 5. International Research Collaboration and Knowledge Production in Colombia: A Qualitative Network Analysis Approach.- 6. The Political Economy of Legal Knowledge in Action: Collaborative Projects in the Americas.- 7. Small Fish in a Big Pond: Internationalization and Research Collaboration in Bolivia and Paraguay.- 8. Comparing Urban Mobility and the Energy Transition in France, USA, and Brazil: From Research Collaboration to Institutional Partnerships.- 9. International Partnerships for Collaborative Research in Argentinian Universities.- 10. Collaborative Research by Chilean and North American Scholars: Precedents and Projections.- 11. Research Partnership Over Neocolonialism: Max Planck Society Policy in Latin America.