DERAP's first 25 years. The history of the Development Action and Research Programme at Chr. Michelsen Institute
Chr. Michelsen Institute is an independent research institute that was established in 1930. By the early 1960s, its Department of Humanities focused on research and advisory work in developing countries. Against this background, the first two sections of the study describe how the Development Research and Advisory Project (DERAP) was founded in 1965. It was renamed Development Research and Action Programme in 1976. One unique feature, refered to as the "DERAP profile", was that its research fellows were expected to spend a significant part of their time in developing countries, in addition to their research in Bergen. These sections also review how DERAP was organised and financed, how work in developing countries was assigned, and the nature of the staff's external employers when they served abroad. Two sections of the study survey the type of work done abroad, and the publications that resulted from research during DER.AP's first 25 years. The last section deals with changes that took place during the final period under review.
