Academic Autonomy and Research Decision-Making: The Researcher's View

Abstract

The freedom to choose research topics and approaches lies at the heart of questions about academic freedom and autonomy (Russell, 1993). When academics are making decisions about research, they have choices about how they act, choices about how they communicate research and choices about how they relate to the processes of research. In order to elucidate the kinds of autonomy exercised by academics in 21st century research, my concern is to explore how an academic might negotiate their way through different choices.

Citation

Brew, A. (2007), "Academic Autonomy and Research Decision-Making: The Researcher's View", Kayrooz, C., Åkerlind, G.S. and Tight, M. (Ed.) Autonomy in Social Science Research (International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3628(06)04003-2