Published February 23, 2024 | Version v2
Publication Open

Botswana Statement

  • 1. ROR icon University of Southern Denmark
  • 2. ROR icon Botswana Open University
  • 3. Department of Research Science and Technology, Ministry of Communication Knowledge and Technology, Botswana
  • 4. ROR icon University of Botswana
  • 5. ROR icon Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation
  • 6. hochschule harz
  • 7. ROR icon Northumbria University
  • 8. ROR icon Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 9. ROR icon King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • 10. ROR icon University of Bristol
  • 11. Queen's University Belfast
  • 12. ROR icon Coventry University
  • 13. ROR icon Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
  • 14. ROR icon OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
  • 15. ROR icon Stanford University
  • 16. ROR icon European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
  • 17. ROR icon Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association
  • 18. ROR icon University of Kent

Description

Global Challenges, Research, Innovation, and Impact:
A Research Management Perspective
A call for the recognition of and a career framework for professional research managers and administrators

 Summary

Research plays a major role in driving the discovery of solutions to the challenges faced across the globe. The global investments in research and development have skyrocketed over the last twenty years, promoting economic growth, and driving competition for international research funding and staff. The emerging focus on research has encouraged institutions to be more accountable regarding how funding is used and increased societal expectations for impact that benefits society. The establishment of an effective framework to promote and sustain high-quality research has become a critical priority in both national and international policy agendas. The recognition of and a career framework for professional research managers and administrators, the enablers of research potentials, must follow investments in research.

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