Transforming Research Excellence
"Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure...
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| description | "Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure of ‘research excellence’, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funders, and defines scientists’ research strategies and career trajectories.
But what is ‘excellent’ science? And how to recognise it? After decades of inquiry and debate there is still no satisfactory answer. Are we asking the wrong question? Is reality more complex, and ‘excellence in science’ more elusive, than many are willing to admit? And how should excellence be defined in different parts of the world, particularly in lower-income countries of the ‘Global South’ where science is expected to contribute to pressing development issues, despite often scarce resources? Many wonder whether the Global South is importing, with or without consenting, the flawed tools for research evaluation from North America and Europe that are not fit for purpose.
This book takes a critical view of these issues, touching on conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ is at the center of science systems. Emerging from the capacity-building work of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, it speaks to scholars, as well as to managers and funders of research around the world. Confronting sticky problems and uncomfortable truths, the chapters contain insights and recommendations that point towards new solutions – both for the Global South and the Global North." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-261132025-07-30T08:58:53Z Transforming Research Excellence Kraemer-Mbula, Erika Tijssen, Robert Wallace, Matthew L. McClean, Robert research excellence RE science Global South thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues "Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure of ‘research excellence’, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funders, and defines scientists’ research strategies and career trajectories. But what is ‘excellent’ science? And how to recognise it? After decades of inquiry and debate there is still no satisfactory answer. Are we asking the wrong question? Is reality more complex, and ‘excellence in science’ more elusive, than many are willing to admit? And how should excellence be defined in different parts of the world, particularly in lower-income countries of the ‘Global South’ where science is expected to contribute to pressing development issues, despite often scarce resources? Many wonder whether the Global South is importing, with or without consenting, the flawed tools for research evaluation from North America and Europe that are not fit for purpose. This book takes a critical view of these issues, touching on conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ is at the center of science systems. Emerging from the capacity-building work of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, it speaks to scholars, as well as to managers and funders of research around the world. Confronting sticky problems and uncomfortable truths, the chapters contain insights and recommendations that point towards new solutions – both for the Global South and the Global North." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2020-01-16 10:02:57 2020-04-01T09:15:11Z 2019 book 1006709 OCN: 1259198914 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23441 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26113 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23441/1/AMT%20Research%20Excellence%20FINAL%20WEB%2002012020.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23441/1/AMT%20Research%20Excellence%20FINAL%20WEB%2002012020.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23441/1/AMT%20Research%20Excellence%20FINAL%20WEB%2002012020.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23441/1/AMT%20Research%20Excellence%20FINAL%20WEB%2002012020.pdf African Minds 10.5281/zenodo.3603818 10.5281/zenodo.3603818 36099d72-8b22-4bf5-ab27-c2090263b9c6 ScholarLed 296 Cape Town open access |
| spellingShingle | research excellence RE science Global South thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues Transforming Research Excellence |
| title | Transforming Research Excellence |
| title_full | Transforming Research Excellence |
| title_fullStr | Transforming Research Excellence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming Research Excellence |
| title_short | Transforming Research Excellence |
| title_sort | transforming research excellence |
| topic | research excellence RE science Global South thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues |
| topic_facet | research excellence RE science Global South thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues |
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