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University-community engagement opportunities to address climate change issues in an African context. The case of Makerere University, Uganda.
Introduction and background: University-community partnerships have the potential to respond to society’s most pressing needs through engaged scholarship (Pundt & Heilmann, 2020). Because of their independent and science-driven perspective, universities can mediate between different actors such as NGOs and community members. Collaborative approaches in which a university not only coordinates, but mediates, third mission activities by reaching out to local communities, organizations, enterprises, underpinned by an Ubuntu philosophy of interdependence and reciprocity within an African society, can contribute to addressing societal, environmental and political issues as long as institutions of higher education see themselves as co-belonging to a community of humans on the basis that there is no precondition for belonging (Waghid, 2020)...
This study explored the views and perspectives of university staff and students regarding opportunities for university-community engagement (U-CE) towards climate change action in an African context at the case university. This was done to better understand the role of the third mission of higher institutions of learning in addressing the challenges of climate change and achieving a sustainable world. The key research question that guided the study was ‘What are the opportunities that might be able to support policy making and enhance the third mission programmes towards climate change issues at the case university?’
Author: Mandela, Nelson
Co-author: Wambua, Benjamin Kyalo | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1839-165X
Co-author: Ssekamatte, David | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-7795
Institution: Uganda Management Institute | Centre: East and South African-German Centre for Educational Research, Methodologies and Management (CERM-ESA)
Type: Chapter in book | English | Peer Reviewed
Subjects: Education
Published in: Education research in African context: traditions and new beginnings for knowledge and impact. ISBN: 978-1-0672535-0-9 (paper), EISBN: 978-1-0672535-1-6 (eBook), EISBN: 978-1-0672535-2-3 (ePub) | Chapter 5
Publisher of document: Somerset West, Cape Town: African Minds
Date: 2024 | Pages: 60-77
https://www.africanminds.co.za/education-research/
Copyright: © 2024 African Minds | License: Open Access: CC BY 4.0
