Community-Based Research in Higher Education: Research Partnerships for the Common Good

This chapter sets out the context for discussion of community-based research in this book. It explains concept and provides a rationale as to why time is ripe universities worldwide engage research. argues that recent developments threats humanity planet require concerted approach human development, enable people identify embrace sustainable, positive responses changing demands life. calls paradigms methodologies create safe, inclusive spaces engaged partnerships between university community around issues rooted inequality. These include exclusion, marginalization, othering, denial dignity, privilege, impoverishment, racism, sexism other ‘isms’ by which some oppress negate many. Community-based offers pathway reclaim through research, promote peaceable coexistence all ways being knowing are mindful shared need limits our finite planet. The core concepts book explained relation how they used publication. concludes with outline structure content