Towards effective and sustainable global academic partnerships through a maturity model informed by the capability approach.
Academic partnership maturity model
Capability
Global partnerships
Sustainable development goals
Journal
Globalization and health
ISSN: 1744-8603
Titre abrégé: Global Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101245734
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 11 2021
20 11 2021
Historique:
received:
08
07
2021
accepted:
09
11
2021
entrez:
21
11
2021
pubmed:
22
11
2021
medline:
29
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Shortage of skilled workforce is a global concern but represents a critical bottleneck to Africa's development. While global academic partnerships have the potential to help tackle this development bottleneck, they are criticised for inadequate attention to equity, impact, and sustainability. We propose a new values-driven partnership model for sustainable and equitable global partnerships that achieve impact. The model was based on the authors' experiences of participation in over 30 partnerships and used insights from the Capability Approach. We developed an Academic Partnership Maturity Model, with five levels of maturity, extending from pre-contemplative to mature partnerships. The level of maturity increases depending on the level of freedom, equity, diversity, and agency afforded to the partners. The approach offers a framework for establishing a forward-looking partnership anchored in mutual learning, empowerment, and autonomy. This is a pragmatic model limited by the biases of experiential knowledge. Further development of the concept, including metrics and an evaluation tool kit are needed to assist partners and funders.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Shortage of skilled workforce is a global concern but represents a critical bottleneck to Africa's development. While global academic partnerships have the potential to help tackle this development bottleneck, they are criticised for inadequate attention to equity, impact, and sustainability. We propose a new values-driven partnership model for sustainable and equitable global partnerships that achieve impact.
METHOD
The model was based on the authors' experiences of participation in over 30 partnerships and used insights from the Capability Approach.
RESULTS
We developed an Academic Partnership Maturity Model, with five levels of maturity, extending from pre-contemplative to mature partnerships. The level of maturity increases depending on the level of freedom, equity, diversity, and agency afforded to the partners. The approach offers a framework for establishing a forward-looking partnership anchored in mutual learning, empowerment, and autonomy.
CONCLUSION
This is a pragmatic model limited by the biases of experiential knowledge. Further development of the concept, including metrics and an evaluation tool kit are needed to assist partners and funders.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34801031
doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00785-2
pii: 10.1186/s12992-021-00785-2
pmc: PMC8605458
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
131Subventions
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/M025470/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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