To Burst into or to Break out of the Ivory Tower: A Researcher’s Dilemma

A few days ago, I wrote a blog on ‘Sharing and Developing Ideas, Research and Innovation During Emergencies and I received a lot of questions directly. Some questions were more specific on vaccines like:

‘…the bit about vaccines is quite intriguing if not controversial. The jury on the origins of AIDS, it seems, is still out there. Or did it make its findings & deliver its verdict?

Others asked me about the state of research in the country

‘Are we at the university doing research and do we have people working on solutions?’

Yet others who felt that there is research being done within the university wanted to know how the research reaches the government, policy makers and the public.

Read full blog article by Prof. Attiya Waris at https://uonresearch.org/blog/to-burst-into-or-to-break-out-of-the-ivory-tower-a-researchers-dilemma/