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Why an academic and humanitarian technology innovation partnership can become an unhappy marriage.

Klaus Benedikt Schönenberger
2020

Abstract

Increasing numbers of collaborations between the humanitarian and academic sector should have led to a significant increase in the amount of quality technology reaching the field and having a scaled impact. It has not. Following on from research with key stakeholders in these collaborations, we lay out the key reasons why there is often such a disconnect between high-level strategic intentions, and practical implementation. These are broken down into misunderstandings over: resources; deployment strategies; and roles and responsibilities. Through articulating such pitfalls, it is hoped that this commentary can contribute to smoother collaborations and greater impact.

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Klaus Benedikt Schönenberger
2020

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/0a45f910-9c35-4f34-b895-8d022b6a7af3

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