Problems in WASH academia by https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635 en-us 2021-01-08 09:04:39 UTC 2021-01-08 13:14:52 UTC hello@padlet.com hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066513098 Inequality in all sectors]]> 2021-01-08 10:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066513098 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066514476 Gender inequality in engineering]]> 2021-01-08 10:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066514476 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066515861 Pursuit of academic excellence --> distortions that are difficult to correct. e.g. letters for promotions. High ranking institutions are hogging a lot of time. Colonial attitude. Hog available scholarship opportunities ]]> 2021-01-08 10:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066515861 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066518030 Access/ability to attend conferences ]]> 2021-01-08 10:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066518030 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066520109 Review easier papers that take less time. Tasks of academics that are unrecognised. Those that can least afford to do these tasks ]]> 2021-01-08 10:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066520109 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066523967 Research/NGO funding structures and requirements/accountability that come with it 

]]> 2021-01-08 10:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066523967 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066525696 Time pressures of academics, especially for certain groups e.g. female academics. Inequalities depending on family setting/culture]]> 2021-01-08 10:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066525696 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066527320 Quality of scholorphip about inequality. Don't treat it about a really difficult research problem because we don't properly understand the problem]]> 2021-01-08 10:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066527320 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066530553 Family commitments at home of researchers - Covid puts alot of pressure to look after children so hard to get really good research output. Researchers without families have alot more time --> inequalities ]]> 2021-01-08 10:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066530553 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066534119 Agglomerates of researchers - produce loads of papers. Individuals may have lower research score/output even though they may have done same amount of work. ]]> 2021-01-08 10:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066534119 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066535283 Different expectations of outcome of research between HIC and LMIC countries 

]]> 2021-01-08 10:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066535283 WASH sector not prioritised in many cases in terms of funding https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066540863 2021-01-08 10:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066540863 Funding becomes about ticking boxes rather than being flexible and adaptable once the voices of the target communities are heard https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066547239 2021-01-08 10:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066547239 Access and ability to attend conferences - visas to present your work https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066548886 2021-01-08 10:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066548886 Gender - inequalities between different researches, some can publish more papers if they have more time, or as part of a group. https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066549978 2021-01-08 10:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066549978 Pursuit of academic excellence - hogging opportunities. Submitting to journals even if they might be discriminatory? https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066550961 2021-01-08 10:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066550961 Dominance of English language - range of language skills slim https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066552594 2021-01-08 10:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066552594 Funds come from HICs so implementers make the decisions about where money should go https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066553703 2021-01-08 10:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066553703 hannahritchie3 https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066572449 Language barriers. Lack of knowledge of local culture. Hesitant to bring ideas and engage with stakeholders. ]]> 2021-01-08 11:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066572449 Explicit publishing barriers like what Dani experienced with her recent editorial situation https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066815831 2021-01-08 13:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066815831 Strong incentives for publishing to continue it's own definition of "excellence" and "merit" with the decisions being made by people who are free to express their bias and promote what they find important https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066817090 2021-01-08 13:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066817090 Difficulty for people supposed to be presenting or attending conferences to get Visa's for the country hosting https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066819335 2021-01-08 13:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066819335 The need to improve flow between academia and practice. Also hindered by short funding cycles reducing effective responsiveness to emerging research https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066821008 2021-01-08 13:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066821008 Global Challenge Research Fund is part of the UK aid budget but actually is spent on things in the UK such as salaries. This fund also pushes for partnerships between institutions which should be mutually beneficial, but also places a paperwork burden on the LMIC partner who may not already be set up to fill in all the forms and evidence things that we may do as standard practice here. https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066823589 This restricts who can be a partner and how useful those partnerships can be - risk of them remaining shallow and nominal. ]]> 2021-01-08 13:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066823589 For reasons of red tape and paperwork practices as explained above can be easier to partner with UK based NGO who have a local team https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066830821 2021-01-08 13:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066830821 Overseas partners may have different expectations of a relationship. Example was academics in Bangladesh get paid extra for marking, field work and supervision, but that is not usual for us so we would not realise that would be their expectation. https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066832816 2021-01-08 13:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahritchie3/fjzgbc59idg5j635/wish/1066832816