What is a wonk?

When Jerry Ashe, among other things editor of the Inside knowledge magazine, commented on ‘Our mission’ on this blog, he said that he was involved in ‘reaching beyond the small island of KM wonks….’ This puzzled me. Do you know what a wonk is? I certainly didn’t, so I looked it up…
According to Wordsmith, a wonk [...]

Changing role of knowledge for development

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a conference on the topic of Changing role of knowledge for development: implications for higher education and research institutions at MUNDO of the University of Maastricht. I particualrly enjoyed the contribution of one of the speakers, Dan Ncayiyana who was emphasizng the relevance of knowledge.
To get some idea of [...]

More on the demise of Bellanet (responding to your comments)

I’m using this post to respond to all of the comments received on the last post ‘The sad story of how a light goes out…’ (on the demise of Bellanet). I’d like to thank all of you for taking the time to respond to the post. Some of the commentators are blogging partners, others I’ve [...]