Standards and indicators for the inclusion of voices from the “South” in international peer reviewed journals in SRHR - IASSCS Conference presentation - Madrid, July 7th 2011.
1. PEER REVIEW PROJECTFunded by the Ford Foundation SECOND EDITORS’ MEETINGBUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTHStandards and indicators for the inclusion of voices from the “South” in international peer reviewed journals in SRHR IASSCS ConferenceMadrid, July 7th 2011
2. Agenda BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH Welcome, objectives, expectedresults Brief personal introductions Peer Review Project results Challenges: patterns of exclusion Opportunities: definingstandards and indicatorsfortheinclusion of voicesfromthe South in internationalacademicjournals in SRHR.
3. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH Meeting objectives and expected outcomes Sharing and creating knowledge about exclusion from knowledge dissemination in SRHR: defining and describing the problem Sharing results Discussing challenges and opportunities for intervention Defining standards and indicators to address the problem and evaluate capacity building initiatives Articulating expertise vis-à-vis the problem
6. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH Call for participation strategies: 3 pilots explore different profiles, partnerships and writing contexts all participants have research results ready for write-up Course 1(Pilot): postdoctoral junior researchers through ESE:O and FF contacts Course 2 (Pilot): All HSRC researchers (partnership) Course 3 (Pilot): Mixed researcher profile: field-based / academiaSwiss Tropical Institute and Bern University, Switzerland; Wits, University of Fort Hare, University of Pretoria and CSVR, South Africa; University of Lagos, Nigeria; Liverpool VCT and University of Nairobi, Kenya; Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso and the Population Secretariat at the Ministry of Finance, Uganda. Course 4: All academia (Wits, Fort Hare University, UKZN and University of the Western Cape, South Africa; St. Paul’s University, Kenya; and University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ) Course 5: All academia
25. HSRC, South AfricaSouth Africa Kenya Nigeria Lesotho Cameroon Zimbabwe Burkina Faso Swaziland Uganda China Brazil Mexico Chile Switzerland
26. Articles published in: Culture, Health & Sexuality (1) International Family Planning Perspectives (1) Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self Knowledge (1) Ikamwa International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (1) South African Theatre Journal (1) Gender and Education (1) Agriculture and Human Values (1) South African Journal of Occupational Therapy (1) Agenda (1) Reproductive Health Matters (1) Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (1) International Journal of Economics and Sociology (1) Culture, Health & Sexuality Impact Factor 1.19 (2011 Thomson Reuters, 2010 Journal Citation Reports) Reproductive Health Matters Impact Factor 1.26 (2011 Thomson Reuters, 2010 Journal Citation Reports) International Family Planning PerspectivesImpact Factor 1.43(2011 Thomson Reuters, 2010 Journal Citation Reports)
27. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH Expectations from meeting Identifying barriers to writing and publishing Delineating future intervention strategies Identifying models / strategies currently implemented in capacity building in the global South Mapping strategies for including more emerging researchers from the global South in international publications Discussing what works and what does not work in different contexts Defining a plan / strategy for moving ahead and indicators for evaluation Defining what makes an article publishable (in high impact publications)
28. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH PEER REVIEW PROJECT: Analysis of 6 major SHRH journals to establish a base line and identify barriers 2006 2005 2007 Research and Editor’s Report ESE:O’s First Editor’s Meeting, Buenos Aires
31. PEER REVIEW PROJECT: FACE-TO-FACE ACADEMIC WRITING WORKSHOPS BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH 2009 2008 April 2008, Face-to-dace workshop with participants in first pilot course, Durban, South Africa, 10 participants. April 2008, Workshop at HSRC, Pretoria (with video conference connection to HSRC Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth offices), South Africa, 28 participants. March 2009, Seminar at Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 10 participants. April 2009, Workshop at IASSCS Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 participants. July 2009, Workshop at SVRI (Sexual Violence Research Initiative) Forum, Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 participants. November 2009, Workshop at UNAM (Universidad Autónoma de México), México D.F., México, 150 participants.
32. BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH PEER REVIEW PROJECT: FACE-TO-FACE ACADEMIC WRITING WORKSHOPS 2010 2011 January 2010, Workshop at Universidad del Pacífico, Santiago, Chile, 15 participants. March 2010, Seminar at Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 102participants. April 2010, Workshop at St. Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya, 35 participants. June 2010, Workshop at School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 18 participants. July 2010, ESE:O co-taught a workshop for ADDRF fellows, APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 participants. Sept 2010, Workshop at Wits School of Public Health, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 participants. Sept 2010, Workshop at U. of Fort Hare, Hunterstoun, South Africa, 16 participants. Nov 2010, Workshop at UKZN, Durban, South Africa, 15 participants. March 2010, Seminar at Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 10 participants. March 2011, Workshop at ZAMBART and University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, 25 participants. March 2011, Workshop at Liverpool VCT, Nairobi, Kenya, 24 participants. July 2011, Workshop for ADDRF fellows, APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 participants. July 2011, Workshop at IASSCS Conference, Madrid, Spain. Total number of participants in face-to-face workshops: 527
33. ESE:O Methodology: BUILDING VOICES FROM THE SOUTH 100% online academic writing and publishing workshops (6 months)
36. progressive, cummulative assignments that facilitate the writing process.In our experience, most participants are not readers of international journals. Through the program they become familiar with a new world and develop strategic skills to situate themselves and navigate in it. This way, the ESE:O methodology aims at visibilizing local voices and results to international audiences.
41. Global vision: design of research strategies and learning activities to maximize inclusion of voices from the South and articulation with global conversations Roles in methodology Coordination – Integrationan integrating voice that lends coherence to the whole process, coordinating roles of tutors and providing global perspective Epistemologicalstrategy centeredonargumentation and disciplinary-specificstrategies Communicationpolitical and communicative approach focused on effectiveness and visibility beyound the course environment, vis-a-vis international journals Language oversees writing and style, detailed editing focused on clarity and fluidity