Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Staff experiences of racism
- Part III Student experiences of racism
- Part IV Research systems enabling racism
- Part V Teaching systems enabling racism
- Part VI Pedagogies that enable racism
- Part VII Governance, strategy and operational systems
- Part VIII Conclusion
- Index
9 - Research collaborations and publishing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Staff experiences of racism
- Part III Student experiences of racism
- Part IV Research systems enabling racism
- Part V Teaching systems enabling racism
- Part VI Pedagogies that enable racism
- Part VII Governance, strategy and operational systems
- Part VIII Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Introduction
National and international research partnerships are often created by senior staff through tokenism and nepotism, which is highlighted when it comes to topics of authorship and peer review (Sandström & Hällsten, 2007; Silva et al, 2019). With the rise of international collaborations as an indicator of research excellence, there is still little attention paid to the continuous inclusion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic academics in the context of research collaborations (Parker & Kingori, 2016). Parker and Kingori also highlight that such collaborations can be a deterrent for Black, Asian and minority ethnic academics, as they can be perceived as tokenistic and knowing that they will be subject to racist behaviours in their role.
Peer review and authorship play a significant role in perpetuating systemic racism and ‘raises still broader issues of racial discrimination against Black [people] and other minority faculty members in the academic labour market generally’ (Coleman, 2005, p 763). In one example it is noted that
articles in psychological journals that highlight race have been rare, and although developmental and social psychology journals have published a growing number of these articles, they have remained virtually non-existent in cognitive psychology … most journals have been edited by White editors, under whom there has been a notable dearth of published articles highlighting race and racism … many of the publications that highlight race have been written by White authors, who employed significantly fewer participants of colour. (Psychological Science, 2020)
There is a critical issue in the belonging and inclusion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic researchers and successful research collaborations, partnerships and publishing in HE, reflected by racial harassment and exclusion, and these are considered further in the ‘Voices from literature’ section.
Voices from literature
things … have to be kind of acknowledged by both sides and trust and talked about in a very, very open way and I don’t think is something that is ever discussed really, really between partners …
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