The hurdles to fostering research in Tanzanian universities

Scholars Experiencing Epistemic Injustice Due to Management of Scholarly Outputs

“…Lack of access contributes to a culture of not reading widely and deeply among scholars in LMIC (Fussy, 2019) and undermines research outputs (Chattopadhyay et al, 2017; Ford & Alemneh, 2022). Green and Yu (2016) argued for the importance of epistemic cognition for educating critical thinkers.…”

When silence goes viral, Africa sneezes! A perspective on Africa's subdued research response to COVID-19 and a call for local scientific evidence

“…With the exception of a few countries such as South Africa, most African academic institutions are characterized by poor working conditions including; (1) lack of supportive research policies and incentives, (2) very low remuneration, and (3) limited opportunities for career development and personal growth ( Ahmed and Shifraw, 2019 ; Fussy, 2019 ). For example, anecdotal evidence shows that associate and full professors working full-time at some universities in the Southern African Development Community, a regional economic bloc consisting of 9 countries including South Africa earn an equivalent of less than USD 150 and USD 200 per month against a background of high inflation above 800% and the escalating cost of living.…”

The Benefits and Challenges of Globalisation for the Development of Higher Education Teaching and Research: A Case Study of an Emerging University in East Africa

“…Those interviewed could see the culture of 'publish or perish' coming and thought that in future it may cause them to neglect teaching commitments. Inertia in developing a research culture was also likely to be partly due to the broader problem of the lack of professional reading and writing habits in Tanzania (see Fussy, 2019). To improve its research capacity and research quality, it had created a graduate research school.…”