Global Knowledge - Research across boundaries
Global Knowledge no. 1 2007 was published June 2007.
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The world neglected tuberculosis for 20 years. Then it hit back. The special topic of Global Knowledge no.1 2007 is HIV and tuberculosis.
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A sad world record
Arkhangelsk in Russia has the highest percentage in the world of multi drug-resistant tuberculosis. Global Knowledge has followed the work to stop the disease.
Lack of interest
Dr. Mario Raviglione, Director of the Stop TB Department at the World Health Organization, shares his view as to why almost two million people die every year of tuberculosis.
No ethics, no development
Dr. Asun St.Clair believes organisations like the World Bank or Norwegian Norad lack ethical aspects in their work. Without this, they can forget about poverty eradication.
Academic freedom?
Researchers from several countries fear the Indian authorities will reject their visa applications due to what some regard as controversial topics of study.
The global stigma
HIV-positive people from Brazil, Norway, South Africa, Bangladesh and Burma tell their story.
Going national
Ida Hjelde believes Norwegian sociology lacks a global perspective.
Read also about dictionary projects in Zimbabwe and Norway, about the fight against patents on medicines, about the new NOMA-programme, academic essay on the HIV-epidemic in Asia and about the International Polar Year.
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Global Knowledge nr. 2 - 2006 3.56 MB
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Global Knowledge is an interdisciplinary magazine that offers stories on political questions with global implications in research and higher education. The magazine focuses on international research cooperation where partners have different points of departure in the following areas: political history, economics, geography and/or cultural and religious understanding. The magazine provides an international arena for debate, and is aimed at academics, students, administrators and policy-makers.
The interviews, feature articles and news items are produced by journalists and photographers from all over the world. One academic essay will appear in each issue.
Global Knowledge is published by the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU), but content of the magazine is not limited to the programmes administered by SIU. Global Knowledge does not necessarily represent SIU’s official view.
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Editor:
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Editor-in-Chief: Hanne Alver Krum
Advisory board: Associate Professor Harald Hornmoen, Norway, Researcher René Smith, South Africa, Associate Professor Tom Skauge, Norway, Researcher Džemal Sokolović, Norway/Bosnia-Hercegovina, Professor James Tumwine, Uganda, Vice-Rector Galina Komarova, Russia
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