scholarly journals The Power of Peer Review on Transdisciplinary Discovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1020-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina I. Mäkinen
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Site Visit ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Academic Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
A Site

This study examines the tension between the academic evaluation system and the development of unconventional research agendas. While scholars have studied the evaluation of research that crosses disciplinary boundaries from the perspective of peer reviewers, they have paid comparatively little attention to the experiences of the performers of unconventional science. This study asks how researchers develop unconventional research agendas to address a long-standing health problem and, in the process, make sense of the actions of a site visit committee organized to advise a foundation funding the project. This study develops a process narrative on the development of a specific transdisciplinary team proposing to study premature birth. The findings show that when the performers and the evaluators of unconventional science developed competing understandings of the research agenda, transdisciplinary discovery became limited as a particular research topic became taboo. Yet, the study also reveals how the performers of unconventional science challenged the power of the site visit committee by making it seem as though they followed the committee’s decisions. These findings raise questions about the role of private foundations as funders of academic research and the suitability of traditional evaluation procedures for assessing transdisciplinary discovery.

scholarly journals ARKEOLOGI PUBLIK: PERAN MEDIA BARU DALAM PENYAMPAIAN INFORMASI CAGAR BUDAYA DI MASA PANDEMI

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Helmi Yanuar Dwi Prasetyo ◽  
Komang Ayu Suwindiatrini
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Site Visit ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Historical Sites ◽  
A Site ◽  
Activity Restrictions

Abstrak. Pandemik Covid-19 di awal tahun 2020 berdampak besar pada seluruh aspek kehidupan manusia. Pembatasan aktivitas banyak diterapkan di berbagai tempat untuk memutus penyebaran virus Corona. Hal tersebut juga berdampak pada kegiatan penyebaran informasi tentang cagar budaya, seperti sosialisasi, pameran, seminar, dan kegiatan lainnya yang tidak bisa dilaksanakan secara tatap muka. Pembatasan aktivitas juga menyebabkan kunjungan museum dan situs-situs bersejarah tidak dapat dilakukan. Pemanfaatan media informasi baru perlu dilakukan untuk menyebarkan informasi tentang cagar budaya secara virtual. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjawab bagaimana peran media baru dalam penyebaran informasi tentang cagar budaya di masa pandemi Covid-19 serta manfaat yang didapatkan oleh masyarakat. Data yang digunakan bersumber internet dan hasil kuesioner yang diikuti oleh responden dari enam belas provinsi di Indonesia dengan menggunakan platform Google Form yang disebarkan melalui sosial media WhatsApp. Hasil penelitian mengetahui bahwa media baru mampu memberikan solusi dalam penyebaran informasi cagar budaya yang biasa dilakukan secara tatap muka dengan menghadirkannya secara virtual. Penyebaran informasi secara virtual juga memberikan ilmu pengetahuan dan pengalaman baru dalam pembelajaran untuk mengenal cagar budaya walaupun dalam kondisi pandemic seperti saat ini.   Abstract. The Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 had a wide impact on all aspects of human life, with activity restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the Coronavirus. Activity restrictions are widely applied in every place to cut off the transmission of the Coronavirus. The restrictions affect the information dissemination on cultural heritage, such as socialization, exhibitions, seminars, and others that can not be done directly. Due to the restrictions, a site visit to the museum and historical sites is hard to do. The utilization of new media needs to be considered to disseminate cultural heritage information virtually.  This study aims to acknowledge the role of new media for information dissemination during the pandemic and its benefits to the community. Data were collected from internet sources and questionnaires followed by respondents using the Google Form platform shared through WhatsApp. The results found out that the new media can provide solutions in cultural heritage dissemination virtually. This new method also provides knowledge and experiences in learning to recognize cultural heritage in this period.

The Criminology of Genocide

Criminology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenona Rymond-Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Social Group ◽  
The State ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Sexually Assaulted ◽  
Criminal Actor ◽  
Slow Moving ◽  
Research Agendas

Genocide, often referred to as the “crime of crimes,” has produced hundreds of millions of murdered, raped, sexually assaulted, forcibly displaced, kidnapped, mutilated, and robbed victims. While criminologists are dedicated to explaining these types of crimes and social group conflict more broadly, they typically apply these crimes to interpersonal and intranational criminal acts of violence. As a result, criminologists have failed to incorporate genocide adequately into their research agendas leaving the “crime of crimes” neglected and undertheorized by the discipline. There are notable exceptions, including critical criminologists who frequent condemn mainstream criminology for not considering the role of the state as a criminal actor. Furthermore, recent publications by criminologists that focus on the genocide in Darfur and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda offer hope that historical neglect is declining. Nonetheless, criminology has been slow moving and nearly silent toward incorporating genocide within its disciplinary boundaries. Criminologists possess the theories and methods necessary to make valuable contributions to documenting, describing, and explaining “the crime of crimes” and to understanding the consequences of genocidal victimization.

On everyday academic research

2017 ◽  
pp. 98-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tirole
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
The Common ◽  
Verification Of Models ◽  
Science And Research

In the fourth chapter of the book “The economy of the common good”, the nature of economics as a science and research practices in their theoretical and empirical aspects are discussed. The author considers the processes of modeling, empirical verification of models and evaluation of research quality. In addition, the features of economic cognition and the role of mathematics in economic research are analyzed, including the example of relevant research in game theory and information theory.

An Analysis of Professional Competence Indicator Possession among U.S. Accounting Faculty

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Smith ◽  
David J. Emerson
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Accounting Faculty ◽  
Accounting Practice ◽  
Cpa Exam ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
New Generation

ABSTRACT Recently there has been much discourse regarding the existence, extent, causes, and consequences of a purported divide between accounting practice and academia. The crux of this issue relates to the charge that many new-generation faculty have a primary focus on academic research, but lack significant practical experience or certification, and the related claim that students may lack the requisite skills upon graduation. This study addresses these concerns by examining the incidence and trend in the possession of practice credentials, experience, and other activities among accounting faculty who graduated between 1994 and 2013. We evaluate how differences in institutional focus, possession of a practice credential, and proportion of credentialed faculty manifest in research propensities, current business experience, and student performance on the CPA exam. We identify a downward trend in practice credential possession that is more pronounced at research-oriented institutions. We further find significant differences in experience and publication activity across levels of both institutional focus and possession of a practice credential. We also find that students from research-oriented universities, schools with separate AACSB accounting accreditation, and those with a higher percentage credentialed faculty perform better on the CPA exam. Other results and the role of adjunct faculty in bridging this alleged divide are also examined.

The Return of Alsace to France, 1918-1939

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Carrol
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
French Society ◽  
German Empire ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The First World War ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
A Site ◽  
First World

In 1918 the end of the First World War triggered the return of Alsace to France after almost fifty years of annexation into the German Empire. Enthusiastic crowds in Paris and Alsace celebrated the homecoming of the so-called lost province, but return proved far less straightforward than anticipated. The region’s German-speaking population demonstrated strong commitment to local cultures and institutions, as well as their own visions of return to France. As a result, the following two decades saw politicians, administrators, industrialists, cultural elites, and others grapple with the question of how to make Alsace French again. The answer did not prove straightforward; differences of opinion emerged both inside and outside the region, and reintegration became a fiercely contested process that remained incomplete when war broke out in 1939. The Return of Alsace to France examines this story. Drawing upon national, regional, and local archives, it follows the difficult process of Alsace’s reintegration into French society, culture, political and economic systems, and legislative and administrative institutions. It connects the microhistory of the region with the macro levels of national policy, international relations, and transnational networks, and with the cross-border flows of ideas, goods, people, and cultural products that shaped daily life in Alsace. Revealing Alsace to be a site of exchange between a range of interest groups with different visions of the region’s future, this book underlines the role of regional populations and cross-border interactions in forging the French Third Republic.

RNA secondary structure dependence in METTL3–METTL14 mRNA methylation is modulated by the N-terminal domain of METTL3

2020 ◽  
Vol 402 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Nathalie Meiser ◽  
Nicole Mench ◽  
Martin Hengesbach
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Structure ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Structure Dependence ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Methylation Assay ◽  
A Site ◽  
Methylation Activity

AbstractN6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant modification in mRNA. The core of the human N6-methyltransferase complex (MTC) is formed by a heterodimer consisting of METTL3 and METTL14, which specifically catalyzes m6A formation within an RRACH sequence context. Using recombinant proteins in a site-specific methylation assay that allows determination of quantitative methylation yields, our results show that this complex methylates its target RNAs not only sequence but also secondary structure dependent. Furthermore, we demonstrate the role of specific protein domains on both RNA binding and substrate turnover, focusing on postulated RNA binding elements. Our results show that one zinc finger motif within the complex is sufficient to bind RNA, however, both zinc fingers are required for methylation activity. We show that the N-terminal domain of METTL3 alters the secondary structure dependence of methylation yields. Our results demonstrate that a cooperative effect of all RNA-binding elements in the METTL3–METTL14 complex is required for efficient catalysis, and that binding of further proteins affecting the NTD of METTL3 may regulate substrate specificity.

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