French Research Institutes in the English-Speaking African Academic Market

Autor: Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Popis: This article focuses on the integration of French research institutes in Africa into the world of research in English-speaking Africa, starting by the Kenyan case. Faced with the development of a market for research guided by development donors, the institute offers a critical and independent research model but does not necessarily meet the expectations of donors or academic partners. These are indeed attracted by this lucrative market, and must respond to the injunctions of a growing academic world, which requires more lessons but also to obtain quantifiable research results. In this context, the model promoted by IFRE is minority and insufficiently attractive and could change scale, by Europeanising and developing transcontinental projects, from a single network that can be mobilised
Databáze: OpenAIRE