Abstract
Inequalities related to knowledge have been rising in recent decades. What knowledge is generated and how it is used greatly influence the amount and distribution of power in society. This influence is seen in who are the winners of scientific and technological expansion and economic growth. It is also seen in who are the losers of such fundamental processes that have been changing the human landscape as well as the natural landscape. The highly unequal consequences of those processes become apparent by looking at who are less or more damaged by environmental degradation. The notion of learning divides summarizes the description and explanation of knowledge-based inequalities.
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Arocena, R., Göransson, B., Sutz, J. (2018). Knowledge-Based Inequalities. In: Developmental Universities in Inclusive Innovation Systems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64152-2_3
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