CARIAA's guidance note titled, ‘Enabling synthesis – lessons from the first three years of CARIAA,' defines the concept of synthesis and discusses the scales at which synthesis must take place, and provides seven recommendations for developing collaborative synthesis outputs.
A brief titled, ‘Enabling Collaboration and Synthesis,' provides an overview of CARIAA's lessons on transdisciplinary collaboration.
21 September 2017: The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) has launched two publications to facilitate synthesis and collaboration in large-scale research programmes. CARIAA aims to links its findings to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will help contribute to their implementation.
A guidance note titled, ‘Enabling synthesis – lessons from the first three years of CARIAA,’ defines the concept of synthesis and discusses the scales at which synthesis must take place, such as international, programmatic, thematic, country, consortium and project levels. It also provides recommendations for developing collaborative synthesis outputs including: reflecting on where, when and why synthesis is needed, and how it contributes to broader research and programmatic goals; considering the intended audience, language used and most appropriate format; ensuring the necessary resources for collaboration are available; ensuring transparent and inclusive means of communication; and integrating synthesis into broader research plans.
CARIAA connects more than 450 researchers and practitioners from over 40 organizations in 17 countries to build the resilience of vulnerable populations in climate change hotspots.
A brief titled, ‘Enabling Collaboration and Synthesis,’ provides an overview of CARIAA’s lessons on transdisciplinary collaboration, looks at investments in programme design that enable collaboration and synthesis, and describes collaborative research lessons that other large-scale research programmes can build on. It identifies collaborative spaces or “seeds for collaboration,” emphasizing relationships, trust and social capital as the “soil in which collaboration grows.” It also discusses challenges faced in creating collaborative conditions, and the role of programmatic leadership in identifying opportunities for synthesis.
CARIAA connects more than 450 researchers and practitioners from over 40 organizations in 17 countries to build the resilience of vulnerable populations in climate change hotspots by building new knowledge and capacities to support better informed policy and practice. CARIAA is jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The program runs until 2019. [CARIAA News Story] [Enabling Synthesis – Lessons from the First Three Years of CARIAA] [Enabling Collaboration and Synthesis]