LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER THROUGH SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH – A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IN RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE AGRO-FOOD NETWORKS
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The paper presents a participatory pattern of conducting research for social science. A few projects based on
the idea of ‘co-operative research’ have been funded within the 7th EU Framework Programme. Among them
was the project “Facilitating Alternative Agro-Food Networks – Stakeholder Perspective on Research Needs”
(FAAN). One of its goals was to test the potential of the co-operative approach in social research practice. This
paper aims to present and discuss the experiences from the project to reflect upon the usefulness of cooperative
research as a scientific innovation and a new research paradigm, as well as to propose its reframing
based on the results of the project. The article ends with practical recommendations concerning management
or research projects in a co-operative manner, stressing the need of competencies for team leaders in micromanagement
of heterogeneous research teams.
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co-operative research, scientific innovation, participation, integration of knowledge, science in society, science governance
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Acta Innovations no 24, pp 74-86
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