by Pallavi Chatterjee | Mar 22, 2023 | Academic, Africa, Allgemein, Art and Culture, Asia, Australia, Business, Europe, Governmental, International Organisations, LAC, NGOs, North America, Stakeholder group, Statements
Irina Bokova Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Knowledge is a catalyst for development. This stands at the heart of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – it is a core driver of all UNESCO’s work to...
by Raphael Brandner | Mar 22, 2023 | Academic, Africa, Allgemein, Art and Culture, Asia, Australia, Business, Europe, Governmental, International Organisations, LAC, NGOs, North America, Stakeholder group, Statements
Leif Edvinsson Professor, University of Lund, Sweden Future knowledge societies are in an accelerating, exponential dynamic. Is it chaos or is there an intelligence pattern to be observed? An emerging approach was shared by the founder of VISA, Dee W. Hock, who...
by Wittney Sadler | Sep 3, 2020 | Academic, Europe, Statements
Robin Mansell Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK If investment in digital networks and access to digital information is to support the sustainable development agenda, it must respect the aspirations...
by Wittney Sadler | Sep 3, 2020 | Academic, Europe, Statements
Chris McMullan Master’s student, Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation, University of Sussex, UK As a student of anthropology and development, I am constantly examining what knowledge means both as a process, and as a resource. By studying and...
by Wittney Sadler | Sep 3, 2020 | Academic, Europe, Statements
Henning Melber President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) ‘Knowledge is power remains a popular slogan in education and beyond. It aims to motivate learners to acquire knowledge and apply it for their own gains. But...
by Wittney Sadler | Sep 3, 2020 | Academic, Europe, Statements
Lata Narayanaswamy Lecturer in International Development, University of Leeds, UK People need information at various times and at different points in their life course, and access to information in order to facilitate knowledge creation processes underpins the...
