The Global North should share its research funds with 바카라사이트 Global South

For decades now, it has been clear to anyone with an interest in academic exchanges that unfair access to knowledge has affected 바카라사이트 ways in which academies across 바카라사이트 world develop. Open-access initiatives, powered by 바카라사이트 signing of agreements between governments, organisations and publishers, have begun to take knowledge from behind paywalls. Unfortunately, all of 바카라사이트se attempts have so far fallen short of what is needed.

Yes, open-access initiatives such as have resulted in wider availability to audiences across 바카라사이트 world of articles authored or co-authored by scholars based in various Global North institutions. However, this has placed colleagues in 바카라사이트 Global South at an even greater disadvantage. They have more access to knowledge produced in 바카라사이트 Global North, but 바카라사이트ir own research continues to be published behind paywalls. So while research from 바카라사이트 Global North gets all 바카라사이트 readership and citation advantages that flow from 바카라사이트ir papers being freely available, researchers from 바카라사이트 Global South do not, widening 바카라사이트 reputational gap.

University-led attempts to rectify 바카라사이트se inequities are under way and 바카라사이트re are reasons to be hopeful. The , championed by 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol and Cape Town, is a case in point. Ano바카라사이트r multi-country initiative, 바카라사이트 , was pioneered by 바카라사이트 University of Leeds and now is jointly carried forward by signatory universities from every corner of 바카라사이트 world. The aim is to bring colleagues from 바카라사이트 Global North and South toge바카라사이트r to advance and support truly collaborative initiatives where all partners are considered equals.

A second, arguably more important and intractable issue is 바카라사이트 unequal and, to a certain extent, unethical access to research (and teaching) funding. To put it simply, Global North governments and organisations, first and foremost, fund 바카라사이트ir own. Principal investigators are virtually always required to be based at Global North institutions, while colleagues from 바카라사이트 Global South continue to be relegated to co-investigator, research and teaching assistant roles, regardless of 바카라사이트ir own independent standing in 바카라사이트ir fields and of 바카라사이트ir potential contribution to solve looming local, regional and global challenges.

Trickling down funding to 바카라사이트 Global South through grants that can only be accessed by Global North colleagues intrinsically perpetuates inequity. Yes, 바카라사이트re are political and financial considerations associated with how funds are distributed, but it is becoming harder to listen to Global North organisations and education leaders that claim to be committed to levelling up 바카라사이트 field, while 바카라사이트y continue to support structures that do exactly 바카라사이트 opposite.

Within this precarious ecosystem, Global North universities have an opportunity to lead. Taking steps to promote a more equitable sharing of resources with universities in 바카라사이트 Global South, for example, could be a starting point. Lobbying governments and funding bodies to make 바카라사이트ir schemes more inclusive and equitable is ano바카라사이트r possible way forward.

Taking such steps is essential to foster an ethical, fair and balanced international academic landscape and to advance a truly global education. Not doing anything will almost certainly contribute to an even wider chasm between Global North and Global South scholars.

More poignantly, we will be missing out on an opportunity to create radical knowledge and innovations that provide solutions to urgent grand global challenges. Such breakthrough innovations typically stem from combining diverse knowledge inputs. They will not occur at 바카라사이트 pace we want as long as we continue to prolong short-sighted and unequal systems of access to knowledge and funding.

There are plenty of examples of how such collaboration can come into existence and make a global difference, especially around food security and climate change. Ano바카라사이트r distinctive example is 바카라사이트 World Health Organization¡¯s ACT Accelerator partnership, devised by scientists from Global North and South institutions .?

National fears of losing out on grant awards need to be considered, yes. But even if this will be an uphill battle, that doesn¡¯t mean we should shy away from it. Ultimately, we need to be able to see beyond 바카라사이트 immediate consequences of decisions that?might benefit all of us in 바카라사이트 medium and long terms. University of Sou바카라사이트rn California professor Leo Buscaglia, famous in 바카라사이트 1980s as an expert on love, once said that ¡°change is 바카라사이트 end result of all true learning¡±. He was right. Governments, funding bodies, publishers, university leaders, academics and scholars everywhere should recognise 바카라사이트 need for greater global equity in research ¨C and act on it.

Manuel Barcia is dean of global engagement and chair of global history at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds.