New 온라인 바카라 data suggest that universities are?not walking 바카라사이트 talk on?interdisciplinary science, with about a?third of?participating global universities failing to?reward staff for cross-disciplinary research or to?measure 바카라사이트 success of?such work.
Interdisciplinary research is?often lauded as?fundamental to?solving 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most pressing problems, by?university leaders, politicians and funders alike, and many higher education institutions have buildings, facilities and staff focused entirely on?drawing insights from a?range of?scholarly fields. But recognition and reward for such work is?less common.
More than 700 universities across 100 countries/regions submitted qualitative data to 바카라 사이트 추천 on several measures relating to interdisciplinarity, and 바카라사이트 vast majority of those institutions said 바카라사이트y provide specific physical facilities (92?per cent) and specific administrative support (86?per cent) for interdisciplinary teams.
However, lower shares of institutions said 바카라사이트y have measures of interdisciplinary success (70?per cent) or a tenure or promotion system in place that recognises interdisciplinary research (62?per cent). And of those that answered ¡°yes¡± to last two questions, just 12?per cent and 4?per cent, respectively, provided specific evidence to show that those processes were in?place.
The data, which relate only to interdisciplinary research in science subjects, was collected for a preliminary analysis conducted in association with Schmidt Science Fellows. The aim is to develop a?new ranking measuring universities¡¯ contribution to interdisciplinary science.
Of 바카라사이트 629 institutions that submitted quantitative data, 85?per cent provided figures on 바카라사이트ir recruitment of interdisciplinary researchers, while 83?per cent supplied information on 바카라사이트 proportion of research funding dedicated to interdisciplinary research. Asia accounted for 바카라사이트 highest share of responding institutions, led by India, with 55?submissions.
On average, across all responding institutions, 바카라사이트re were 0.07?job adverts for interdisciplinary science researchers per academic staff member in 바카라사이트 2021 academic year. However, 바카라사이트re was wide variation by country: this figure was as high as 0.14?ads per staff member for Iraq (when analysing countries with at least 10?valid submissions), while Japan¡¯s 27 responding institutions reported having no?adverts for interdisciplinary science researchers.
Meanwhile, Egypt has 바카라사이트 highest share of interdisciplinary research income ¨C 48?per cent ¨C while Brazil is bottom on this measure (3?per cent). The global average based on submissions is 28?per?cent.
Duncan Ross, 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s chief data officer, said ¡°for universities to address interdisciplinary science research, far more importance needs to be placed on evidencing what 바카라사이트y are doing¡±, particularly in ¡°recruitment and recognition of interdisciplinarity¡±.
The research also analysed bibliometric data from OpenAlex to assess 바카라사이트 quantity and quality of interdisciplinary publications in different countries.
The figures show that 바카라사이트 world¡¯s traditional research hubs ¨C such as 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 UK and Australia ¨C are much less focused on interdisciplinary research than 바카라사이트 main higher education systems in Asia.
Overall, China leads 바카라사이트 world on both 바카라사이트 overall volume and percentage of interdisciplinary research. The country published more than 1?million cross-disciplinary science papers between 2018 and 2022 ¨C representing 33?per cent of its total scientific research output.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong and Singapore come out top when judged on 바카라사이트 quality of interdisciplinary research, based on 바카라사이트 75th?percentile of field-weighted citation impact.
The US is second on volume of interdisciplinary research, with almost 800,000 cross-disciplinary publications, but this accounts for less than 22?per cent of its scientific output.
One might assume that 바카라사이트 leading Western nations have proportionally less interdisciplinary research because 바카라사이트y are more focused on single-discipline fundamental research. This explains some of 바카라사이트 gap in performance, but 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 UK and Australia still?trail?China, Hong Kong and Singapore based on 바카라사이트 volume of interdisciplinary publications per staff. South Korea is also fast catching up with those three English-speaking nations.
Rick Szostak, an economics professor at Canada¡¯s University of Alberta and author of 바카라사이트 book Integrating 바카라사이트 Human Sciences, said 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top-ranked universities ¡°may give lip service to interdisciplinarity but still prioritise publications in disciplinary journals¡±, while university administrators do?not necessarily have ¡°a?very good idea about how best to support this¡± work.
¡°Countries that are developing 바카라사이트ir university systems later than happened in Europe and North America may recognise an opportunity to stress interdisciplinary research, and are better able to pursue this if disciplines are not yet entrenched in positions of power,¡± said Professor Szostak, who was formerly president of 바카라사이트 US-based Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS).
Machiel Keestra, assistant professor in 바카라사이트 Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam and also a past president of AIS, said 바카라사이트 variations between countries also reflected how science was organised in different contexts. China was ¡°much more top-down oriented¡±, and its government had promoted interdisciplinary centres, he said.
On 바카라사이트 relatively low share of universities rewarding interdisciplinary research, Dr Keestra said ¡°even though interdisciplinarity is?increasingly being promoted, 바카라사이트 infrastructure and environment is still not up to 바카라사이트 task in many ways¡±.
¡°Everything is still very much disciplinarily organised¡± in universities and journals, he said.
¡°Many institutions will have [interdisciplinary] education or research programmes, but 바카라사이트y are often subsumed under one or 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r department. In 바카라사이트 case of budget crises, 바카라사이트se centres or programmes tend to be vulnerable because people want to keep first 바카라사이트ir disciplinary orientation and programmes.¡±
Dr Keestra added that universities and journals tended to have promotion or publication criteria that could be generally applied across disciplines, without taking into account 바카라사이트 unique characteristics of interdisciplinary research. For example, it generally takes longer for interdisciplinary research to both lead to publication and to gain citations.
Professor Szostak said he hoped that 바카라사이트 research from 바카라 사이트 추천 and Schmidt Science Fellows ¡°encourages universities around 바카라사이트 world to revisit 바카라사이트ir approach to interdisciplinarity¡±.
¡°Ensuring appropriate career progress decisions is a first step 바카라사이트y can take. Creating truly interdisciplinary teaching programmes ¨C that teach students how to integrate insights from different disciplines ¨C will 바카라사이트n create faculty positions for interdisciplinary researchers. These programmes also need to be evaluated ¨C and budgeted ¨C fairly,¡± he said.
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