Author, as appears in the article.: Aubert A; Álvarez P; Girbés-Peco S; Molina S
Department: Pedagogia
URV's Author/s: ÁLVAREZ CIFUENTES, PILAR / Molina Roldan, Silvia
Keywords: University Spanish Spain Higher education Educational research Democracy
Abstract: © 2018, © 2018 HERDSA. Feudal structures and power relationships that Spanish universities inherited from Franco’s dictatorship have damaged the quality of educational research. However, the emergence of initiatives aimed to address these limitations have been identified. In this article, we analyze the impact of the Multidisciplinary International Conference on Educational Research (CIMIE). Specifically, we analyze how CIMIE is contributing to overcome some of the feudal constraints affecting educational research in Spain, such as fragmentation of areas of knowledge, limited international research efforts, and precarious and unstable employment situations of many researchers. Grounded in the communicative methodology of research and using mixed methods, we have conducted a longitudinal study of this research initiative (2012–2016), comprising interviews and communicative observations, analysis of documentation and quantitative data. The results show that participants understand that their involvement in CIMIE is contributing to make them feel released from the constraints of university feudalism by building solidarity networks and egalitarian relationships, and by rethinking research.
Thematic Areas: Pedagogical & educational research Education & educational research Education Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 07294360
Author's mail: silvia.molina@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-9736-0381
Record's date: 2024-06-28
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07294360.2018.1544228
Papper original source: Higher Education Research & Development. 38 (3): 450-464
APA: Aubert A; Álvarez P; Girbés-Peco S; Molina S (2019). Overcoming feudal constraints on educational research in Spain: the impact of the CIMIE conference. Higher Education Research & Development, 38(3), 450-464. DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1544228
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1544228
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2019
Publication Type: Journal Publications