Ineffective Obsessions in Brazilian Academia and Proposals Towards Meritocracy - Archive ouverte HAL
Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2018

Ineffective Obsessions in Brazilian Academia and Proposals Towards Meritocracy

Miguel Abambres
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T. Ribeiro
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A Sousa
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Résumé

Albeit its constitutional claim for quality, Brazilian academia has largely been referred to as unmeritocratic and academic hiring is still inward-oriented. Lattes platform, a public curricular information system, reflects elements of this protectionism. This article assesses two ‘obsessions’ in Brazilian academia: (i) the ‘mandatory’ Lattes CV, and (ii) the candidates’ assessment criteria in public tenders for faculty positions. Several pros and cons (mostly) of the Lattes platform are identified. The following improvements are proposed: (i) evaluations in public tenders based only on candidate’s CV, interview, and a sample lecture, (ii) the dismissal of Lattes CV as a mandatory format, and (iii) the use of platforms as Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar, ORCID or ResearcherID for curricular information. With these recommendations, Brazil can move towards a more meritocratic academic hiring system.

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Education
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hal-02074849 , version 1 (21-03-2019)
hal-02074849 , version 2 (14-11-2019)

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Miguel Abambres, T. Ribeiro, A Sousa, E Lantsoght. Ineffective Obsessions in Brazilian Academia and Proposals Towards Meritocracy. 2018. ⟨hal-02074849v1⟩
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