The research outcomes of KNOWWHY provide internationally working academics, national and international science policies, research foundations and other scientific organisations with knowledge about international social science approaches international research practices and international science Policies.
Research of KNOWWHY contains:
1. International social science and humanities approaches
- International concepts of scientific knowledge and science
- Missions of social sciences
- Epistemological and methodological challenges
- Global interrelations of social science research communities
- Social science communities in developing regions and advanced countries
2. International scientific collaboration practices
- International research agendas and agenda setting
- International scientific collaborations approaches
- Comparative methodologies for an international knowledge production
- Research management knowledge for international research teams
- Lingua franca communication in international research teams
3. Science policies for international collaborations
- International science policy concepts and approaches
- Funding organisations for international research
- Knowledge accumulation structures for transnational research
