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Intercultural, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research interfaces confront researchers with considerable challenges. Towards Shared Research portrays how scholars from different disciplinary and geographical origins and at various academic career stages strive for a more inclusive and better understanding of knowledge about African environments.
The book is addressed to researchers, facilitators, and policy-makers to make a case for participatory and integrative approaches resulting in systemic and co-created analyses.
Tobias Haller (Prof. Dr.), born 1965, is a professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern, Switzerland, with a focus on economic, ecological, and political anthropology.
Claudia Zingerli (PhD), born 1973, is a scientific collaborator at the Swiss National Science Foundation and freelancer in diverse activities dealing with knowledge brokerage and the co-creation of knowledge in science-policy interfaces.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Foreword 9
1. Towards collaborative and integrative research in African environments 11
2. Soil classifications 25
3. Action research and reverse thinking for anti-desertification methods 47
4. Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa 91
5. Fishing for food and food for fish 125
6. Conclusion 167
Authors 181