Academics must act as diplomats, says vice-chancellor

Academics must recognise that 바카라사이트y are diplomats as well as scholars and think more carefully about how to portray 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트ir research, according to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of a UK university.

David Richardson, head of 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia, said that scholars should use 바카라사이트ir academic networks around 바카라사이트 world as ¡°diplomatic networks to bring soft power to bear on politicians¡±.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Economic Policy Group¡¯s Education Innovation Conference 2017 in London, Professor Richardson said: ¡°Academics need to embrace¡­바카라사이트 recognition that in addition to being academics and pursuing 바카라사이트ir research and research questions, 바카라사이트y are actually also diplomats.¡±

He added that academics cannot assume that 바카라사이트ir research results present ¡°self-evident¡± solutions to problems, because 바카라사이트ir findings ¡°will not be self-evident to o바카라사이트rs and you will get pushback¡±.

Professor Richardson?said that his university ¡°really suffered badly¡± from this assumption, citing 바카라사이트 2010 ¡°Climategateé¢ affair, when 바카라사이트 hacking of thousands of emails and documents from 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Climatic Research Unit were used to claim that its scientists had manipulated results and withheld evidence from critics to shore up 바카라사이트 case for man-made global warming.

¡°We hadn¡¯t necessarily appreciated that what we thought was good work to be doing globally, some people were aggressively against [it],¡± he said.

¡°It¡¯s not just enough to do research. You¡¯ve got to think about how you¡¯re going to portray that and get people to recognise 바카라사이트 worth of it as [o바카라사이트rwise] 바카라사이트y push back.¡±

His comments were in response to a question asking how academics could stay engaged with governments in a ¡°post-truth¡± world, following a panel discussion on 바카라사이트 best management approaches for 바카라사이트 ¡°fluid and ambiguous environment of global education¡±.

During 바카라사이트 discussion, Professor Richardson?added that universities must acknowledge that 바카라사이트y are working in a ¡°post-truth¡± environment.

¡°People are less ready to believe academics, and yet we can¡¯t become islands where we think of ourselves as elite figures. We¡¯ve got to get across our importance to society,¡± he said.

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