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Contract research, the university, and the academic

With the decline in the funding of university research activities from traditional sources, many universities are instigating contract research programs as a means of funding research. This article examines some of the implications of university-based contract research, drawing largely on the author...

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Main Author: Crawshaw, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1985
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114755/1/114755.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1147552025-01-31T01:43:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114755/ Contract research, the university, and the academic Crawshaw, Bruce With the decline in the funding of university research activities from traditional sources, many universities are instigating contract research programs as a means of funding research. This article examines some of the implications of university-based contract research, drawing largely on the author's own experiences. The problems which are examined include the moral and ethical implications, the legal aspects, problems over ownership of research results, the implications for staff rights, the status of contract researchers, the implications for publication, problems of authority, responsibility and social justice, and the conflicts between teaching and research. The article concludes with eleven points for successful university-based contract research. © 1985 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1985 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114755/1/114755.pdf Crawshaw, Bruce (1985) Contract research, the university, and the academic. Higher Education, 14 (6). pp. 665-682. ISSN 1573-174X; eISSN: 0018-1560 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00136504?error=cookies_not_supported&code=5056988e-f2b2-448d-880d-7cac3f58bb2b 10.1007/BF00136504
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description With the decline in the funding of university research activities from traditional sources, many universities are instigating contract research programs as a means of funding research. This article examines some of the implications of university-based contract research, drawing largely on the author's own experiences. The problems which are examined include the moral and ethical implications, the legal aspects, problems over ownership of research results, the implications for staff rights, the status of contract researchers, the implications for publication, problems of authority, responsibility and social justice, and the conflicts between teaching and research. The article concludes with eleven points for successful university-based contract research. © 1985 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
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