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Academic capacity building: holding up a mirror

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  • Tom Van der Stocken

    (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Jean Hugé

    (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB))

  • Evelien Deboelpaep

    (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Maarten P. M. Vanhove

    (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    Masaryk University
    University of Leuven)

  • Luc Janssens de Bisthoven

    (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)

  • Nico Koedam

    (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Abstract

Based on our involvement in numerous consortia and projects with colleagues from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), as well as on our extensive fieldwork experience in the global South, we have a shared concern on the actual inclusion of LMIC colleagues and institutions in coproducing highly valuable and policy-relevant science. While capacity building is stated as a major goal in various international research projects, especially when involving partners from LMICs or when focusing on research activities in these countries, we think that research from established groups and universities particularly in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), receives more interest and respect on a disproportionate basis. With the present submission, we hope to feed the debate on the academic valorization of research performed by LMICs scholars. Though difficult to measure, this merits close scrutiny.

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  • Tom Van der Stocken & Jean Hugé & Evelien Deboelpaep & Maarten P. M. Vanhove & Luc Janssens de Bisthoven & Nico Koedam, 2016. "Academic capacity building: holding up a mirror," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 106(3), pages 1277-1280, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:106:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-015-1811-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1811-3
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