Hi Barbara,
I think this is a generic problem in academia. Establishing a reputation is
not easy and usually those who came first have more opportunities. In
addition, those who are working in more reputable organizations in certain
countries usually are being heard more. That's why new journals and
conferences, and new researchers usually find it difficult to enter this
closed circle. Universities also just search for "metrics" and these
metrics are often defined based on what "was" valuable, rather than what
will be valuable, or what can be valuable. I don't think there is much to
do with this situation, as we are not making those kind of strategic
decisions. The only solution is to think about some new organizations
beyond the conventional academia for following up the cutting edge ideas.
Online collective projects could be a good start point, as they do not have
the conventional hierarchical structure that we face when we are doing
activities in traditional organizations.
Bijan
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