The Transforming Power of Scientific Knowledge: A Study of Human Development on a Global Scale in Terms of Academic Efficiency
Abstract
Knowledge, and especially scientific knowledge, is crucial in terms of transforming societies, and making
social structures manageable and sustainable. This can be seen in the fact that the universities which are
at the top of the global university rankings are mostly located in countries that are the center of attraction.
The aim of this study is to examine the positive effects of academic productivity, which is of great
importance in optimizing social conditions, on human development on a global scale with a statistically
provable technique. In order to understand this relationship more clearly, our study has compared
countries according to their academic productivity using the Multidimensional Scaling Analysis method
and established a relationship between this and human development. As a result of the analysis carried
out within the scope of the study, which used data from 178 countries from the time period of 1996-2019,
it was concluded that the relationship between academic productivity and human development was only
at a medium level. This suggests that, in addition to the need for scientific knowledge to be used for the
improvement of social conditions, scientific knowledge is limited to certain organizations, which leads to
the elitism of scientific knowledge.
Source
International Journal for Innovation Education and ResearchVolume
9Issue
11Collections
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