Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global
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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African Minds
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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-724372025-08-13T14:11:24Z Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global Kraemer-Mbula, Erika Tijssen, Robert Wallace, Matthew McLean, Robert Research Excellence Global South Universities thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research 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. 2021-10-20T13:42:33Z 2021 book ONIX_20211020_9782954099477_4 OCN: 1286902772 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51124 9782954099477 9782954099484 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72437 fre open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51124/1/9782954099477.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51124/1/9782954099477.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51124/1/9782954099477.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51124/1/9782954099477.pdf African Minds 10.47622/9782954099477 10.47622/9782954099477 36099d72-8b22-4bf5-ab27-c2090263b9c6 9782954099477 9782954099484 ScholarLed 302 Cape Town open access |
| spellingShingle | Research Excellence Global South Universities thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title | Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title_full | Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title_fullStr | Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title_short | Transformer l’excellence en recherche : nouvelles idées des pays du Sud Global |
| title_sort | transformer l excellence en recherche nouvelles idees des pays du sud global |
| topic | Research Excellence Global South Universities thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research |
| topic_facet | Research Excellence Global South Universities thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDM Scientific research |
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