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U.S.-South African Research and Training Collaborations, by Beth Elise Whitaker. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2004. 43 pp. This working paper is the most recent SSRC project related to knowledge production, research networks, and capacity-building in sub-Saharan Africa. The report, conducted and written by Beth Whitaker (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), explores the state of collaboration between U.S. and South African higher education institutions in the post-apartheid era. Political transformations in South Africa catalyzed a flood of student exchange programs, individual research partnerships, and institutional linkages with U.S. universities. In focusing on the broader institutional connections, the study demonstrates some overlaps and some significant gaps, including the paucity of crossnational collaborations on HIV/AIDS and the unevenly distributed participation in these partnerships, with historically disadvantaged universities in both countries having less ability to establish networks internationally for mutual benefit. The study should be an important resource for planning future collaborations and addressing some of the gaps identified in the study.
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