The research commercialisation agenda: a concerning development for public health research

Wardle, Jon; Baum, Fran; Fisher, M.

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12930

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“…In the political context, there are also factors particularly affecting universities, one being a lack of funding for climate-health research and another an emphasis on the commercialization of research in situations where public funding of universities is often restricted or declining. 4 Lack of research funding, sometimes in contradiction to stated national commitments, has been reported in several countries. 5,6 This factor has particular implications for teaching, as a lack of research funding for climate-health means fewer opportunities for graduate students in this area, and therefore fewer people available to teach, as well as less expertise.…”

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The Political Context of Climate-Health Education

Kay

2020

JAMA Netw Open

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Shea et al 1 report on an important study regarding education on climate and health (climate-health).Of 84 institutions responding to a survey on climate-health education, almost two-thirds reported that they offered some climate-health education, commonly in the core curriculum, and many were planning to extend their offerings. From the perspective of a climate-health educator, these findings are encouraging, but some caution is needed.The survey was conducted with members of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE). The response rate was slightly over 50% (84 of 160 institutions). Most respondents reported a positive response to instituting climate-health curricula, particularly from students, followed by faculty. Just under 40%, however, reported a positive response from administration. Respondents also discussed challenges in developing climate-health curricula, including lack of staff time, lack of teaching materials or staff expertise, and lack of funding for curriculum development. Other challenges included "competing institutional priorities/politics," and a small number of respondents (4) mentioned "administrative or other skepticism about climatehealth science." 1Research on public health practice has identified similar challenges, including politicization of climate change, competing organizational priorities, hierarchical management structures, and a discursive context in which climate change may not be seen as core business for public health. 2,3 These factors can interact and potentially create an atmosphere through which public health practitioners are discouraged from addressing climate-health issues. It is possible that similar factors are at work in some academic settings.

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