Academic inbreeding in the Portuguese academia

Tavares, Orlanda; Cardoso, Sónia; Carvalho, Teresa; Sousa, Sofia; Santiago, Rui

doi:10.1007/s10734-014-9818-x

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“…The high levels of endogamy in the academic sector is a fundamental aspect to interpret in relation to the low levels of integration (Horta, 2013;Horta, Veloso, & Grediaga, 2010;Santiago & Carvalho, 2012;Tavares, Cardoso, Carvalho, Sousa, & Santiago, 2014). The hierarchical, traditional and self-centred characteristics of the Portuguese academia tend to benefit local scholars and scientists, who have being working for many years in the same centre or with the same supervisor, who is responsible for opening a space for career development.…”

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Transnational scientific mobility. Perspectives from the North and the South

França¹,

Padilla²

2017

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Section: Not Integrated 28mentioning

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Transnational scientific mobility. Perspectives from the North and the South

França¹,

Padilla²

2017

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“…After two decades, and starting from the 1990s, the mobility of human resources at the doctoral level was assumed as a policy strategy to create the foundations of a scientific and academic basis in Portugal upon the return of doctorate holders trained abroad, as well as a means to internationalize Portuguese scientific and academic communities (Horta, 2010). As a result, brain drain and brain circulation coexisted over time, although leading, many times, to academic inbreeding practices particularly at the oldest universities (Tavares et al, 2015).…”

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Too many PhDs? An invalid argument for countries developing their scientific and academic systems: The case of Portugal

Santos

Horta

Heitor

2016

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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This article contradicts recent arguments in Portugal that there are "too many PhDs" and argues that there is a need to understand better the changing nature of doctorates and doctorate holders. The article analyzes whether there is a surplus of doctorate holders in Portugal based on five critical dimensions, using data provided by supranational and national public organizations: stocks and flows; university academic staff qualifications; age structure; research output; and labor market for PhDs. The analysis shows that rather than a surplus, there is a shortage of doctorate holders in many sectors of activity, which is expected to be exacerbated in the next few decades. These findings underline the need to consider active public policies to attract and retain PhDs, as well as enhancing the degree of involvement of new doctorate holders in the modernization of higher education and in the internationalization of the economy. Intermediary institutions, public-private research partnerships and public administration may play a critical role in the process but require new economic actors and instruments with the capacity to invest in and employ doctorate holders.

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“…These results suggest that the Junior cluster of 1996-2005 is comprised of at least two sub-clusters, aggregated due to the high level of characteristic similarities between them. The clusters include the Juniors coming from the previous S&T period, who were most likely heavily engaged in teaching activities during and right after concluding their PhDs (explaining to some extent their lesser average yearly publications) and most likely inbred (Tavares et al 2015), and the newly minted PhDs, who are the newcomer Juniors to the period 1996-2005. Empirically, this is evidenced by the standard deviation of 7.36 in the ''Time since PhD'' variable for this cluster in the S&T 1996-2005, which is much higher than the standard deviation of the cluster for the previous period (2.74), indicating a wider range of doctorate seniority, encompassing two generations in the same cluster.…”

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The generational gap of science: a dynamic cluster analysis of doctorates in an evolving scientific system

Santos

Horta

2015

Scientometrics

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The features of science and technology (S&T) systems change over time. Simultaneously, at an individual level, the characteristics of actors in these systems also change concomitantly. In this study, the characteristics of doctorates in a changing S&T system are analyzed. This is performed by a series of cluster analyses on doctorates-with the goal of identifying shifting profiles-in strategic periods spanning three decades, which represents milestones in an evolving S&T system. A series of archetypal profiles of doctorates are identified, including changes to the relative weights of each of them, along with a pattern of alternating convergence and divergence over time on the characteristics of these doctorates.

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Academic inbreeding in the Portuguese academia

Cited by 43 publications

References 15 publications

Transnational scientific mobility. Perspectives from the North and the South

Transnational scientific mobility. Perspectives from the North and the South

Too many PhDs? An invalid argument for countries developing their scientific and academic systems: The case of Portugal

The generational gap of science: a dynamic cluster analysis of doctorates in an evolving scientific system

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