Full Text Available

Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.

Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.

In any nation, research is the primary force behind innovation and progress. It contributes to the Economic growth, global competence, and social progress. Research productivity is highly valued in the scientific community. Scientific community research is regarded as the key factor determining acad...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jama, Khalid
Format: Thesis
Published: AUC Knowledge Fountain 2024
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867613424271228928
access_status_str Open Access
author Jama, Khalid
author_browse Jama, Khalid
author_facet Jama, Khalid
author_sort Jama, Khalid
collection Thesis
description In any nation, research is the primary force behind innovation and progress. It contributes to the Economic growth, global competence, and social progress. Research productivity is highly valued in the scientific community. Scientific community research is regarded as the key factor determining academic recognition, financial support, and academic recognition. Nonetheless, the output of research faces difficulties in many sub-Saharan African nations. This study aims to understand what limits the research publication in Somaliland. The study adopt a mixed methods approach to understand and analyze the main reason behind the research and publication limitations in Somaliland’s higher education. Individuals from various research and university settings who have experienced a wide range of working conditions and academic accomplishments are interviewed and surveyed. The findings reveal that precarity, lack of funding, limited number of Ph.D. holders, difficulty of data and literature accessibility, and obstacles in technology are the main reasons that contribute to the limitation of the country’s research output. In the findings, there is a clear alignment between quantitative and qualitative data. Increasing the number of Ph.D. holders, developing contractual agreements that reduce precarity, and prioritizing funding mechanisms are some of the recommended interventions of this study.
format Thesis
id oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3453
institution American University in Cairo (Egypt)
last_indexed 2026-06-10T12:35:55.364Z
license_str Not specified — see source repository
provenance_str_mv Harvested via OAI-PMH from AUC Knowledge Fountain — bepress
publishDate 2024
publishDateRange 2024
publishDateSort 2024
publisher AUC Knowledge Fountain
publisherStr AUC Knowledge Fountain
record_format dspace
source_str AUC Knowledge Fountain — bepress
spelling oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3453 Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward. Jama, Khalid In any nation, research is the primary force behind innovation and progress. It contributes to the Economic growth, global competence, and social progress. Research productivity is highly valued in the scientific community. Scientific community research is regarded as the key factor determining academic recognition, financial support, and academic recognition. Nonetheless, the output of research faces difficulties in many sub-Saharan African nations. This study aims to understand what limits the research publication in Somaliland. The study adopt a mixed methods approach to understand and analyze the main reason behind the research and publication limitations in Somaliland’s higher education. Individuals from various research and university settings who have experienced a wide range of working conditions and academic accomplishments are interviewed and surveyed. The findings reveal that precarity, lack of funding, limited number of Ph.D. holders, difficulty of data and literature accessibility, and obstacles in technology are the main reasons that contribute to the limitation of the country’s research output. In the findings, there is a clear alignment between quantitative and qualitative data. Increasing the number of Ph.D. holders, developing contractual agreements that reduce precarity, and prioritizing funding mechanisms are some of the recommended interventions of this study. 2024-09-05T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2408 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3453/viewcontent/Khalid_Jama___Fall_2024__Thesis_PDF___30th_Aug_2024.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Somaliland Higher Education Research output Publication Precarity PhD. Higher Education
spellingShingle Somaliland
Higher Education
Research output
Publication
Precarity
PhD.
Higher Education
Jama, Khalid
Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title_full Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title_fullStr Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title_full_unstemmed Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title_short Identifying the Challenges that Hinder Research Productivity in Academia: Evidence from Somaliland and The Way Forward.
title_sort identifying the challenges that hinder research productivity in academia evidence from somaliland and the way forward
topic Somaliland
Higher Education
Research output
Publication
Precarity
PhD.
Higher Education
url https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2408
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3453/viewcontent/Khalid_Jama___Fall_2024__Thesis_PDF___30th_Aug_2024.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT jamakhalid identifyingthechallengesthathinderresearchproductivityinacademiaevidencefromsomalilandandthewayforward