Academics often refer to the notion of “research culture”. It is one of the most often talked about research issues but is rarely defined. What do we mean when we talk about research culture?
Culture is defined most often by the unwritten norms and values of a group or nation. The institutional structures provide a framework for those norms and values. In relation to research culture, the norms and values should support the conduct of research. So people should expect to conduct research, to hold it in high esteem, to practice it on a regular basis and to talk about it on a daily basis. It has to be seen as core business within a research intensive university and it requires top management support.
Is this enough to become a top research institution? Probably not! It also needs an aspirational side to it, targets and goals, a striving for quality, a striving for improvement, a striving for breakthroughs… the list goes on.
It is not easy to transform a university but research is a powerful way of doing it. Given the challenges, it is little wonder that although most universities talk about developing their research culture, they make little progress.
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Culture is defined most often by the unwritten norms and values of a group or nation. The institutional structures provide a framework for those norms and values. In relation to research culture, the norms and values should support the conduct of research. So people should expect to conduct research, to hold it in high esteem, to practice it on a regular basis and to talk about it on a daily basis. It has to be seen as core business within a research intensive university and it requires top management support.
Is this enough to become a top research institution? Probably not! It also needs an aspirational side to it, targets and goals, a striving for quality, a striving for improvement, a striving for breakthroughs… the list goes on.
It is not easy to transform a university but research is a powerful way of doing it. Given the challenges, it is little wonder that although most universities talk about developing their research culture, they make little progress.
www.CompletePhD.com
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