Ferney Asdrúbal Rodríguez Serpa

Educación y Humanismo 20(34): pp. 12-14. Enero-Junio, 2018.

ISSN 0124-2121

The University Simon Bolivar in its Moving

Around Research, Measurement and

Visibility

Editorial

Lawyer, Sociologist, Master in Procedural Law. PhD student in Philosophy with orientation in Political Science of the Univer-

sidad Autónoma of Nuevo

Leon, Monterrey, Mexico. Teacher-Researcher of undergraduate and postgraduate. Member of the Ibero-American Network of Alternative,

Transitional and Restorative Justice –ATR Justice Network–. Editor Revista Justicia

The far reaching changes that the University Simon Bolivar has had during

the last few decades in relation to science, technology and innovation, is not

the product of a last hour work, but a consequence of the institutional effort

made after understanding the global complex discourse that dynamizes scien-

tific research at the highest level. Therefore, the profits obtained today are the

effect of a better comprehension of how its dynamics work. Dynamics that in

essence, have researchers and teachers as the main actors of its institutional

history.

Today, such efforts are not fruitless as occurred during the past, particularly in

the oncoming processes of science and technology of the 1980’s and 1990’s

when no doubt, we were pioneers in the Caribbean region, led by our founder

and emeritus professor José Consuegra Higgins, Apolo Aquiles Escalante,

Fernando Piñerez, Alberto Reales Utria, among other social scientists of the

time, and that are the generators of the early research work carried out by

this institution of further education. Additionally, it is relevant to highlight and

make visible the scientific production through the Journal of Ibero American

Development (Revista Desarrollo Indoamericano).

Now then, when I made reference to the sterility of efforts it may sound too

strong, however, it was real, it was a feeling of upset spread not only to our

university but also to other public and private institutions of higher education,

shortly, it was a poor problem of the system of science, technology and

innovation in Colombia during those times under the management of the old

Institute of Science and Technology.

Today’s fortune surpasses the sterility of the past, and the reason is due to the

existence of different indexes that make possible that scientific production

can be measured, and as a consequence, make possible the comparisons of

growth and stagnation among the institutions that belong to science and

technology, which are surely all, andeventually, is what allows the measurement

of the institutional existence at all levels. In this sense, the measurement of

research centers, groups of research, researchers and scientific journals has

permitted to differentiate the strengths and weaknesses of them, and has

allowed the generation of plans for the inner improvements of these centers.

Nonetheless, in this new logic, a homage is made to some outstanding

researchers of the past that have lived to enjoy the positive results of their

research work today, which means to say, that those researchers who have

had the fortune of their work being measured at the light of the new policies

of the National Department of Science, Technology and Innovation Francisco

José de Caldas, Colciencias; with this I can underline the qualification of

researchers Jairo Solano, Raimundo Caviedes, Jorge Bolívar Berdugo,

Gustavo Aroca, among others, who beforehand I apologize for not mentioning

them. On the other hand, I wish to highlight on our publishing system that

each time has become more systematic, rigorous, selective and

sophisticated, and has permitted to see not only the inner scientific

production, but also that one made in alliance with other institutions through

the scientific network at a national and international level.

In the specific case of the institutional scientific journals, it is worth mentioning

at this moment, the possibility of appreciating from the production analysis of

the last three years, strong trends of the everyday scientific production. For

this analysis, it is important to mention the trends marked by the Journals of

Education and Humanism, The Journal Psicogente, the Journal of Managerial

Development, and the Journal of Justice.

In relation to the first, in the Journal of Education and Humanism are relevant

the studies about, “A review of the Computer Adapted Evaluations (CAT)”

(2014, López., Sanmartín, & Méndez), the work Villalba (2016), about “A

positive life together at school”, Ibagón, (2015) on "Education, a right that

costs: fiscal dimension and its relation with the educational policy in Latin

America", Orostegui, Lastre, & Gaviria (2015) "The ethics of the teacher

related to the training in values of the student. Theoretical view ", Castillo &

Morales (2013)" Gender studies of new masculinities and / or movements of

parents for the joint custody of their sons and daughters ", Silvera, (2016)"

The evaluation and its incidence in the School desertion: Failure of a system,

educational institutions, teacher or student? "and Rodríguez, (2017)"

Curriculum, education and culture in the teacher training of the XXI century

from the complexity " in the same way in the Journal of Psicogente are worth

mentioning the works Enriquez., Fajardo., y Garzon (2015) about the topic

“A general review of the habits and techniques of study at the university

environment” and the study about “Irrational beliefs, the Burnout syndrome

and work addiction within organizations” (2016, Polo., Santiago., Navarro. &

Alí).

On the part of the Journal of Managerial Development the research made on

family businesses is worth outlining, from there, the research on “Protocols: a

devise to measure conflicts in familiar businesses” (2015, Giuseppe, & Perez)

and the research on “Caudal autotomy as a managerial strategy for organi-

zational change in familiar businesses” (2015, El Kadi; Pelekais; Robles. &

Leal). And finally, as concerns the Journal of Justice, we must underline the

work about “Truth and Justice when facing criminal proceedings” (2015,

Vicuña, & Castillo) and the work of (Mosquera, 2015), about the issue of “The

rights of sexual minorities: contemporary challenges of resocialization”.

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