Abstract
The Global Development Network (GDN) and the Researchers Alliance for
Development (RAD) are networks linking the professional ecology of the World Bank
to the diverse research ecologies of universities and think-tanks. These ‘knowledge
networks’ can entangle research environments extensively with policy communities and
the institutional interests of powerful organizations. Connecting different professional
ecologies via networks creates complex sets of relationships between researchers and
policy makers. The ‘grey areas’ of professional overlap highlight the ‘co-production’
of (social) science in development policy. The author based her analysis of the dual
dynamics of network autonomy and co-option on participant observation of GDN and
RAD as a past member of the governing bodies of both networks.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-260 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Global Networks (Oxford) |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |