Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System: Balancing validity, meaning and convenience
About this ebook
- the spatial dimension of knowledge development;
- understanding regional practice;
- explaining regional practice;
- influencing regional social practice.
A useful resource for both policy makers and researchers, the book helps readers reflect on the type of mutual competence building that applied social science research implies, and depends on, in a regional knowledge development process. It represents a voice on how to understand the development of the knowledge society at regional and global levels.
About the author
Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen is a Professor in the Department of Working Life and Innovation at the University of Agder, Norway, and a Senior Researcher at Agder Research, Norway. He is also Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.
Elisabet S. Hauge is a Senior Researcher at Agder Research, Norway, and post doc at the University of Agder, Norway.
May-Linda Magnussen, PhD, is a Senior Researcher at Agder Research, Norway, and post doc at the University of Agder, Norway.
Richard Ennals is Professor in the Department of Working Life and Innovation at the University of Agder, Norway. He is also Professor in the Department of Skill and Technology at Linnaeus University, Sweden, and Emeritus Professor at Kingston University, UK.
