Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan

Ruziev, Kobil; Mamasolieva, Mokhidil

Abstract

By analysing relevant policy documents, official statistics, and primary data from interviews, this chapter tries to explain why higher education remained one of the least reformed areas in Uzbekistan until 2016 and why reforms have accelerated since then. While highlighting the major progress achieved in recent years, the authors argue that the structural impediments that constrain the ability of higher education institutions to plan and build their research capacities independently have remained unattended. Although the new government seems to appreciate the importance of investing in research, recently created incentive mechanisms are geared mostly towards quick fixes. There are no robust or well-considered long-term plans to improve research capacity in a broader sense by making long-term investments in people, processes, and facilities and carefully linking these to research outputs.

• Online Publication Date: Oct 12, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 8, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 13, 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature)
• Pages: 285-303
• Edition: 1
• Book Title: Building Research Capacity at Universities: Insights from Post-Soviet Countries
• Chapter Number: 15
• ISBN: 9783031121401
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12141-8_15
• Keywords: Higher Education, University, Research Capacity, Academy of Sciences, Post-soviet Countries, Uzbekistan
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10223970
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-12141-8_15
• Related Public URLs: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-12141-8#book-header
• Additional Information: First Online: 12 October 2022