CERC will jointly host a webinar with CHERA by Hugo Horta, Associate Professor and Director of the Consortium for Higher Education Research in Asia (CHERA) at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Mr. Li Huan, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. The talk is based on the authors’ recent article “Nothing but publishing: the overriding goal of PhD students in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau”. This webinar will take place on February 16, 2023, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. HKT and will be moderated by Nutsa Kobakhidze, Assistant Professor and Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC). You are welcome to register via the link https://bit.ly/3HWAp7p.

Below is the abstract and poster for your information.

Abstract

Publication pressure is perceived to be filtering down into doctoral education worldwide. We explore the causes and effects of the perceived centrality of publishing among doctoral students. We find that the credentialisation of publications in the increasingly competitive and publication-dominant academic labour market results in publishing-centred doctoral journeys. We emphasise the need for a more comprehensive evaluation of candidates’ abilities and honours in academic recruitment and call for policies to curtail the overemphasis on research output in academic evaluations.

Poster