Dear David,
Thanks for your reply. As a frequent visitor to
the CRIA web site, I know the material you make
available. Visitors to the web site find valuable
resources there. I'm going to ask a question that
focuses on why you feel this work is only
possible outside a university.
Jon's query and this dialogue bring up valuable
questions. So far, I incline toward the position
that multiple contexts support most kinds of
leading research. Even though specific problems
in some - even many? - universities might make
them inhospitable to the kinds of research you
develop at CRIA, I can't see that this is a
general and necessary condition of all
universities.
You wrote, "the substantive issue remains and is
that: our own research certainly flourishes in
ways that I do not think would be possible in
academia. But that is because there are
structural systemic features in academia that
would inhibit our type of research, even if
academia was well funded.
"And, following Ken's contribution, I would add
that I believe this would remain the case even if
I was working in one of the research
universities 'that tend to generate a rich
combination of basic, applied, and clinical
research, often in partnerships and networks with
other universities and with industry.'"
As I see it, what I find on the CRIA web site
could have flourished in a university. Of course,
I might be wrong about this.
Whether or not I'm wrong, I feel that your views
might shed light on important issues.
What structural systemic features do you believe
would inhibit your type of research if CRIA were
a university-based research institute?
Ken
|