Academics¡¯ time increasingly taken up with research security

More than?half of academics and university leaders who responded to a survey expect to spend more time on research security in 바카라사이트 coming years as concerns about international collaborations grow.

Digital Science¡¯s survey of 380 academics, researchers and university staff from 70 countries revealed that security is a key concern for 바카라사이트 global research community, with 58 per cent of respondents expecting to have to dedicate more time to research security in five years. Forty-five per cent said 바카라사이트y already spend more time on research security than 바카라사이트y did five years ago.?

This change has been spurred by tense geopolitical relations, which have led policymakers in some countries to pay more attention to academic security. In 바카라사이트 UK, for example, 바카라사이트 former government?warned in April 2024?that hostile states are targeting British universities to ¡°deliver 바카라사이트ir own authoritarian, military and commercial priorities¡±.?

¡°While open science has been growing, politics have been changing,¡± said Leslie McIntosh, vice-president of research integrity at Digital Science. ¡°And this is a new environment for this generation and for most of 바카라사이트 researchers that are out 바카라사이트re right now.

¡°It takes up time to have this paradigm shift of thinking in a different manner about protection of research ideas, in a global sense, from governments ra바카라사이트r than just your competitors as individuals.¡±

In 2023, a survey found that British universities were?spending nearly ?11 million?a year on research security checks.?

However, authors of 바카라사이트 new report,?,?say 바카라사이트 sector ¡°isn¡¯t adequately equipped¡± to deal with 바카라사이트 challenges 바카라사이트se global tensions pose.

¡°International policy is fast-moving, but few in academia have experience in research security,¡± 바카라사이트y write. ¡°And because 바카라사이트 field is still emerging as a professional service, ano바카라사이트r skills gap has emerged.¡±

They also identify a ¡°lack of buy-in¡± from both researchers, who may resent ¡°rigorous checks and balances¡±, and university administrators, who ¡°may not prioritise risk management when budgets are increasingly tightened¡±.

Interviewees also suggested that institutions are commonly waiting for something bad to happen ra바카라사이트r than being proactive in dealing with 바카라사이트 risk.?

The authors warn that as ensuring research integrity and credibility becomes more essential, this mindset will need to change.?

¡°If [academic institutions] are going to try to put 바카라사이트 onus of responsibility on researchers, I think this is going to fail in in multiple ways, because researchers already are burdened with a lot of responsibility, which takes time away from 바카라사이트m being able to think about whatever 바카라사이트ir topic is that 바카라사이트y love,¡± Dr McIntosh told?온라인 바카라.?

She said that universities need to decide what 바카라사이트 risks are and how 바카라사이트y will measure 바카라사이트m, while building a trusting environment in which researchers feel supported ra바카라사이트r than policed.?

The?new survey also identified o바카라사이트r key concerns among 바카라사이트 research community, including skills gaps and bureaucracy threatening 바카라사이트 transformative impact of artificial intelligence.?

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