Abstract:This is the introduction to a special issue focused on offering new perspectives and analytical approaches to better understand academic inbreeding. The seven papers of this special issue offer original analyses and new avenues of research on this highly resilient social phenomenon in academic settings. The findings and arguments forwarded by these papers can be used to further develop future studies and policies to curtail this practice, known to be detrimental to academia and scholarship.Este artigo serve de… Show more
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