UNIID: Future Research themes and Research Network Jan 9 th UNSAID JNU

IID Program Implementation Plan 2

Social economy and innovation Collectives social enterprises membership-based organizations linking formal and informal economy Innovation that improve the live os marginal people 3

Indian themes on UNIID University as a site for epistemic exchange – Knowledge, memories and obsolescence – Integrating epistemology, translation and pedagogy – Exploring epistemology of violence and war – Livelihood of marginalized groups: varieties of marginality, migratory flows – Question of translation: translation, mediation, exchange (oral, textual, visual and digital) – Recovering informal spaces of play and creativity – Recovering tacit knowledge

Research questions?? How can universities prioritize and institutionalize IID? What strategies can be used by universities to improve livelihoods? Sectoral issues – renewable energy, sustainable agriculture etc….

Operational ideas…? Curriculum Development to include courses towards/ on SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY with projects on INNOVATION & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE Attitudinal and value change programs (e.g. hands and heads) Problem-solving research through collaboration with communities Education for building leadership among the socially excluded (marginalized groups, women)

Open Discussion Future Research Themes on UNIID Research Network on UNIID