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In The Division of Labor in Society (2008), Emile Durkheim claims that humanity, as it evolved from a primitive society to an industrial one, underwent shifts ranging from a low to a high division of labor, from social solidarity based on resemblance Read more
We observe in universities around the world a general practice to focus professors’ evaluation on the performance of research, despite various critics related to a narrowing of the research interests, increased control of the system by the elite researchers, avoidance Read more
Cognitive scientists discovered that a good discussion should not have more than 5 basic ideas. Thus, when young researchers ask me what are the secrets of a successful research project, in business, in publishing valuable papers, or preparing a Ph.D. Read more
The academic system has lately started to borrow and implement management techniques specific to the private sector to enhance organizational performance. However, several voices underlined that these approaches are partially inadequate to the academic environment because academic management is a Read more
The intrinsic dynamics of interdisciplinarity has gained momentum nowadays given the impetuous call for wider frames of debate and well-integrated solutions to complex issues. Research and researchers are dared to catch up with complexity trends and competing perspectives, to take Read more
