Functioning strategies of the research groups' leaders in the context of funding and policy instabilities☆

We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different policy discourses and instruments, and scarce resources. We focus on a country where these conditions are present: Colombia. In doing so, we study two cases, one in nanotechnology and another one in biomedical engineering. Interviews, focus groups and workshops allowed us to identify and validate strategies grouped in four popular sayings, proper to local idiosyncrasy, highlighting the role of home institutions and principal investigators in facing such situations with resilience and resourcefulness, and even taking advantage of them. We find that Research Groups' Leaders use strategies such as: adapting, balancing agendas and funding sources, networking, and taking advantage of the support programs available at their home institution to continue functioning. These are setting the ground for a further survey which could pretend some generalization. However, policymakers could consider these findings when defining policy instruments or for assessing their effectiveness or impacts.     

关于成人高校学报发展的思考

高校学报特别是成人高校学报在期刊治理整顿中 ,许多内刊学报转化为公开学报 ,获得了继续生存的权利。然而 ,公开出版只是办好学报的开端 ,成人高校学报要在学术界站稳脚跟 ,求得发展 ,必须解放思想 ,克服不足 ,重新定位 ,改革传统的用稿制度 ,树立精品意识 ,实行开放性办刊 ,向专业化学报发展 ,从而形成独有特色。