Month: May 2021

Early Career Researchers Network in Asian Higher Education Studies The Consortium for Higher Education Research in Asia (CHERA) (Chair: Professor Gerard A. Postiglione) and the Social Contexts and Policies of Education (SCAPE) at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong host a series of forums for post-doc research and doctoral students in Asia who are studying in the field of higher education. The forums aim to identify common challenges in Asian higher education, build a vibrant and sustainable network, and strengthen the research collaboration among emerging scholars in higher education. The forums cover a broad range of issues in Asian higher education including higher education and science policy, teaching and learning, student experience, equity/access, quality assurance, internationalization, and privatization and finance. On-going researches (project or dissertations) and recently published works are all welcome to be presented and discussed. Both individual/co-presentations and panel discussion formats are welcome. The forums are conducted in English via an online platform. Anyone who is interested in...

Research Collaborations and Innovation: Who Makes Strategic Decisions in Science and Scholarship? Organizer: Comparative Education Research Centre, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Speaker:  Professor Marek KWIEK Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities (IAS) UNESCO Chair in Institutional Research and Higher Education Policy University of Poznan, Poland Date: May 18, 2021 Time: 18:00-19:15 (Hong Kong Time) Format: Zoom Please register: Click here Abstract: Publications are a major determinant of successful academic careers. Individual scientists make collaboration and authorship decisions: choosing team or solo publications, same-sex or mixed-sex collaborations, local, national or international collaborations? Past authorship decisions, including the choice of academic journals, bear on the availability of future external research grants as well as on opportunities for employment, promotion and tenure. Different types of collaborations have impact on inequalities as well as on innovation in science. In this presentation, Professor Kwiek will elaborate on dilemmas of collaborations in (1) local-national-international, (2) solo-team, and (3) male-female formats. He will also speak on how these collaborations have been driving innovation in...