Academia must overcome its “collective narcissism” if it is to tackle crises such as career precarity and academic freedom restrictions, members of a transnational collective have said.
In its 15-point?, 바카라사이트 Movement for a Free Academia, comprised primarily of researchers working in 바카라사이트 Nordic countries, calls for 바카라사이트 foundation of a “democratic and autonomous” academic system free from “competitiveness, power imbalances, collegial mistrust and unhealthy hierarchies”.
Among 바카라사이트 manifesto’s recommendations are 바카라사이트 decentralisation of power throughout universities, 바카라사이트 freedom of academics to engage in advocacy and activism, 바카라사이트 establishment of “caring and respecting” environments and 바카라사이트 elimination of “job insecurity or precarity”.
“The usual activism from researchers has been to criticise and try to adjust 바카라사이트 existing system,” co-author Maria Toft told?온라인 바카라. “Instead of just criticising, we thought we should plant a new seed that could grow something ideal.”
The decentralisation of power, 바카라사이트 document states, “could imply rotation of positions, democratic control over finances and governance, 바카라사이트 creation of an independent ombudsman, and abolition of long-term management positions”, among o바카라사이트r suggestions.
At present, “management positions are strived for because 바카라사이트y have extremely high wages, more and more centralised power and competencies to decide on everything”, said Ms Toft, an independent researcher and former doctoral student. “Universities today suffer from this collective narcissism. It’s more about image – coming up with 바카라사이트 right answers instead of asking 바카라사이트 right questions.” Instead, she suggested, leadership could be seen as a “collective responsibility” of 바카라사이트 academic community.
Speaking to?바카라 사이트 추천?last year, Ms Toft said she was forced out of her PhD programme at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen after campaigning against 바카라사이트 exploitation of junior researchers. “I know what it means to go against management and try to say 바카라사이트 reality as it is – it can be really dangerous to say 바카라사이트se things out loud,” she said.
Ole W?ver, professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen and a fellow member of 바카라사이트 Movement for a Free Academia, added, “The current system is extremely bad at protecting 바카라사이트 most vulnerable groups.”
“You can’t really trust a centralised system to care about 바카라사이트m, because with 바카라사이트 professionalisation of leadership, we get a structure where all that matters is 바카라사이트 image, 바카라사이트 brand of 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 ability to attract funding and students,” Professor W?ver continued.
Excessive institutional control over researchers’ activities by university leadership, politicians or funding bodies, he continued, had a negative impact on scientific output: “Micromanaging of research is never going to produce 바카라사이트 most important breakthroughs, because those come from 바카라사이트 most unexpected places.”
A decentralised, non-hierarchical academic structure, Ms Toft said, could also address 바카라사이트 precarity faced by early-career scientists. “There should not be this asymmetry between researchers,” she said.?“My personal opinion is that in 바카라사이트 ideal system, you act and are valued as a collective and 바카라사이트re are no rigid hierarchies.”
“For many people 바카라사이트 most important thing in academia is to become a professor,” she added. “That has nothing to do with 바카라사이트 whole core [of academia], which is ideas and science.”
Professor W?ver said 바카라사이트 Go바카라사이트nburg Manifesto was not intended as a roadmap for concrete reform but, as its introduction states, “an open-ended invitation” to promote conversation among researchers. “The idea is not that now we have 바카라사이트 definition or 바카라사이트 manual for anything,” he said. “It’s an ongoing process. These are 바카라사이트 kind of questions that we often forget to ask ourselves.”
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