While many of us tend to view research collaboration at the individual, lab, or organizational level, nations can also be the unit of collaboration. In an exciting development, The United States and Japan agreed to collaborate in eight research areas that include solar power generation, carbon capture and storage, nanotechnology and hydrogen technology. Japanese [...]
This week in the United States there was a new President inaugurated – Mr. Barack Obama. This presidency will be striking for many, many things. One of those is the use of Web 2.0 technology not only by Obama’s White House, but also by political activists and political pundits. Already the White House web page [...]
Research is an important academic activity and is expected of every faculty member. Generally, determinants such as personal (age, gender, family background, personality); academic (rank, tenure etc) and departmental (size, colleagues prestige, etc.) have been used to explain research productivity. However in my experience work practices is a determinant of productivity.
According to Mills (1959) the [...]
This is an opportunity to respond to two previous posts in a very concrete way…answering some questions on how you conduct your research. Here are the details.
Survey on Green Research Practices
Dear Research Colleagues:
I am requesting your participation in an exploratory study on Green Research Practices. Researchers can contribute to the “Greening” movement by changing their [...]
Research and development in developing countries has lagged far behind those of developed countries. In sub-Saharan Africa and much of South East Asia, government spending has focused on more critical priorities such as healthcare and basic education, and sadly, often on military spending. In many of these countries also, the infrastructure needed for advanced research [...]
