In their new paper, ‘Caught in the Neoliberal Churn: Pushing Back Against “Productivity” as a Measure of Impact’, the editors reflect on the ways in which capitalism undermines our ability to conduct social work research of impact and provides recommendations for fostering academic environments that encourage thoughtful, meaningful, and impactful scholarship.
Key Insights:
Highlights ongoing tensions in social work higher education including our current metrics for quality scholarship and our ethical commitments to scholarship that challenges dominant paradigms and works to dismantle systems of oppression.
Authors recommend:
1) Changing the conversation in faculty search committees
2) Revising promotion and tenure guidelines
3) Questioning rankings
4) Supporting organizing for collective power