The ideological war waged by Smith will only endanger high-quality research void of political interference from the government.
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The answers to Nigeria’s poor social science research output seem to lie in quantity and quality of personnel, time available for research, funding, support institutions and policy.
Breathless press releases, over-interpreted meta-analyses and other ‘crud factors’ mean that weak research results can get overhyped to the public. It’s time for a cultural change in the social sciences.
Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers and enablers – and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Senior lecturer, Business Management, De Montfort University
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Researcher, National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM)
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PhD student, Sociology, University of Alberta
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PhD student, Sociology, University of Alberta
