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Kelvin K. Droegemeier – MIT Press, 2023
The academic research enterprise is highly complex, involving multiple sectors of society and a vast array of approaches. In "Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise," Kelvin K. Droegemeier shows next-generation scholars across all disciplines how to become more productive earlier in their career, as well as how to help shape the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Competition, College Faculty, Grants
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Bain, Luchuo Engelbert; Ebuenyi, Ikenna Desmond; Ekukwe, Nkoke Clovis; Awah, Paschal Kum – Research Ethics, 2018
Key historical landmark research malpractice scandals that shocked the international community (Nazi doctors' experiments, Tuskegee study, Jewish chronic disease experiments, Krugman's Willowbrook hepatitis study) were the origin of the institution of ethics review prior to carrying out research involving humans. Nonetheless, it is plausible that…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research, Advisory Committees, Research Administration
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Davies, Simeon E. H. – Research Ethics, 2020
The research ethics committee (REC) is a key element of university administration and has gained increasing importance as a review mechanism for those institutions that wish to conduct responsible research, along with safeguarding research ethics standards, scientific merit and human rights of participants. Given the critical role of the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Administration, College Administration, Capacity Building
Kakande, Nelson; Namirembe, Regina; Kaye, Dan K.; Mugyenyi, Peter N. – Journal of Research Administration, 2012
Despite the presence of several funded research projects at academic and research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, the quality of the pre/post grant award process in these institutions is inadequate. There is a need to strengthen research administration through infrastructural, organizational, and human resource development to match the dynamic…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Recognition (Achievement), Research Administration, Foreign Countries
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Onuka, Adams O. U. – African Higher Education Review, 2012
That research is a veritable tool for rapid social and economic development is undoubtedly well known globally. That educational researching is fraught with multi-dimensional challenges cannot be over-stressed. That multi-disciplinary approach and public-private, public-public, private-private partnership in educational researching for better and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Research, Research and Development, Barriers
Seltzer, Daniel; Zoloth, Laurie; Traina, Cristina L. H.; Kiesling, Lynne – Journal of Research Administration, 2011
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications ("ELSI") research has played an increasingly important role in scientific research. Tens of millions of dollars, many of which are public, are spent funding scientific research projects. Taxpayers are demanding that scientific advancement move forward, hand-in-hand with careful examination of the many ethical…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Integrity, Economic Climate, Ethics