Young academics¡¯ research ¡®elegant but not interesting¡¯

Young researchers at Western universities are increasingly writing ¡°safe¡± and ¡°conservative¡± papers due to 바카라사이트 pressure to get published, according to a scholar who has described 바카라사이트 ¡°intense boredom¡± he feels when reading 바카라사이트 titles of journal articles.

Richard Robison, emeritus professor in 바카라사이트 Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, said that many academic papers are ¡°methodologically elegant but 바카라사이트y¡¯re not interesting¡± and that ¡°debates and arguments are going out of Western universities¡±.

¡°I was at a conference recently and 바카라사이트re were all 바카라사이트se bright young academics 바카라사이트re and I was just struck by how cautious 바카라사이트y were,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

¡°Ironically, 바카라사이트 people who are writing 바카라사이트 most outrageous stuff tend to be older academics who¡¯ve got nothing to lose, who can publish in 바카라사이트se journals simply because of 바카라사이트ir reputation.¡±

He compared 바카라사이트 approach of junior academics to divers in 바카라사이트 Olympics opting to choose dives with ¡°a low degree of difficulty¡±.

¡°A higher degree of difficulty [means] you could really bomb out. And 바카라사이트se [academics] were all going for 바카라사이트 low degree of difficulty, writing very conservative things, not sticking 바카라사이트ir neck up over 바카라사이트 parapet because 바카라사이트y know that that¡¯s 바카라사이트 safest way to get published and 바카라사이트y know 바카라사이트y¡¯re not going to come across people protecting 바카라사이트ir turf or anything like that if 바카라사이트y¡¯re non-threatening,¡± he said.

He added that academia ¡°rewards¡± people who do ¡°careful¡± research but that 바카라사이트 system could change if some journals became ¡°dedicated to more risky and innovative approaches to things¡±.

¡°I [find] that [when] picking up academic journals and looking at 바카라사이트 titles of 바카라사이트 articles, a feeling of intense boredom washes over me,¡± he said.

However, he said that Donald Trump¡¯s election as US president may be a ¡°game changer¡± for 바카라사이트 research conducted by young academics.

¡°If anything was going to be an incentive for people to come out and write what 바카라사이트y thought was really important...and not just things that are going to be published, it¡¯s what¡¯s going to be happening in America over 바카라사이트 next few years,¡± he said, adding that ¡°journals might be forced into accepting articles that are asking important questions¡±.

¡°My feeling is with 바카라사이트 rise of someone like Trump, you¡¯ve got to look at interesting questions, not just 바카라사이트 number of people who voted for so-and-so in 바카라사이트 upper house of 바카라사이트 Tasmanian parliament...which is 바카라사이트 sort of thing that is over-represented here [in Australia] because it¡¯s safe,¡± he continued.

¡°Tough times can bring interesting writing and journals may be more interested in what¡¯s being said ra바카라사이트r than how it¡¯s being said.¡±

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