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Academic Inbreeding: Academic Oligarchy, Effects, and Barriers to Change
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Horta, Hugo – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2022
Most studies of academic inbreeding have focused on assessing its impact on scholarly practices, outputs, and outcomes. Few studies have concentrated on the other possible effects of academic inbreeding. This paper draws on a large number of studies on academic inbreeding to explore how the practice has been conceptualized, how it has emerged, and…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Change, Higher Education, Organizational Change
The Start-Up, Evolution and Impact of a Research Group in a University Developing Its Knowledge Base
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Horta, Hugo; Martins, Rui – Tertiary Education and Management, 2014
This article focuses on the understudied role of research groups contributing to develop the knowledge base of developing universities in regions lagging behind in human, financial and scientific resources. We analyse the evolution of a research group that, in less than 10 years, achieved worldwide recognition in the field of microelectronics,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Researchers, Electronics
On Improving the University Research Base: The Technical University of Lisbon Case in Perspective
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Horta, Hugo – Higher Education Policy, 2008
This article examines the challenges faced by a Portuguese technical university that is striving to develop its research base within a developing science, technology and higher education system. The paper identifies lack of resources, and also organizational factors, as particular challenges. These include faculty inbreeding, career structures and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Institutional Autonomy, Organizational Effectiveness