Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
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Obaro Ikime, Nigerian academic and historian, died on 25 April 2023. He was 86.
As Western and Indonesian academics continue to engage in co-operation, we should find common ways of counteracting discrimination, including discriminatory practices against the LGBT community.
Coping with racial stereotypes that permeate STEM culture is like having another full-time job, argues a researcher who studies racism in these fields.
Letters of recommendation have grown supersized and one-sided in their praise. In one study, only 1-2% of letters fell below the good-to-excellent range. How can a reviewer find out who’s really good?
As I found, academics engaging in fieldwork research are in a particularly vulnerable position.
The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” – work often largely ignored – in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
University protests in South Africa have showed that the countries students are hungry for real change. This desire can be harnessed to create a generation of “citizen scholars”.
Two scholars discuss the joys of writing for a lay audience. So why aren’t more academics writing for the public?
Funding for South African higher education is inadequate considering past inequalities. Even more alarming is the fact that plans for research development and innovation in science remain elusive.
Africa needs to develop a new generation of academics to drive the continent’s teaching, learning, research and critical thinking into the future.
The future is not bleak as long as the government recognises the importance of and continues investing in science.
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Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Northwestern University
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Professor Innovation and Inclusion in the STEM Ecosystem, Johns Hopkins University
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Executive Director: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Chair, University of Arkansas
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Honorary Research Associate, School of Education, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Human Development, Cornell University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physical and Mineral Sciences, University of Limpopo
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Public Engagement Project, UMass Amherst
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Lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn
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Doctoral Research Candidate in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Quinnipiac University
