{"id":137,"date":"2010-08-13T14:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idrn-ubc.org\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2012-06-25T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T20:48:00","slug":"mission-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/mission-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision &amp; Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IDRN aims to be a network of development researchers who advance insightful, integrated research that effectively influences decision-making.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Facilitate collaboration amongst development researchers across social, geographic and disciplinary divides.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure well-informed decision-making on issues relating to international development.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure a prominent voice for graduate students on issues of international development, both within the research community, as well as in decision-making, public discussions and institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At UBC, IDRN aims to fulfill its mission by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Creating opportunities on campus that foster vibrant conversations across disciplines.<\/li>\n<li>Building an online community of researchers and practitioners.<\/li>\n<li>Providing online resources that help people to connect, network and collaborate.<\/li>\n<li>Expanding awareness about development issues by hosting a variety of learning opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Connecting researchers, practitioners and policy makers and facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration between them.<\/li>\n<li>Acting as a hub for the creation of similar student-run groups on other campuses in the Global South and North.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Vision The IDRN aims to be a network of development researchers who advance insightful, integrated research that effectively influences decision-making. Our Mission Facilitate collaboration amongst development researchers across social, geographic and disciplinary divides. Ensure well-informed decision-making on issues relating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/mission-vision\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9804,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9804"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}