Development, Adoption or Adaption? Researchers’ Attitudes to Forging Social Research Ethics Policy in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
Gafu G. Sharplin E. Israel M.
September 2025Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Journal of Academic Ethics
2025#23Issue 3649 - 670 pp.
Since becoming independent from the Soviet bloc in the early 1990s, the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have established strategic priorities focused on the globalization and internationalization of higher education. These have emphasized the modernization of university systems with a focus on research to produce impactful knowledge and enhance global standing in knowledge production. Yet, the espoused strategic priorities have not been supported by policy development associated with research ethics. This article addresses the need for research ethics policy to facilitate internationalized knowledge production and dissemination. Developing research ethics policy is not without its difficulties. In many developing research contexts, commentators have criticized policy internationalisation which involves the direct transfer of research ethics policy from the Global North rather than engaging with and adapting policy to other cultural contexts. In the light of recent scholarly debates over policy borrowing and translation, this mixed methods study considers how and in what ways higher education research ethics policy can or should develop within Central Asia.
Central asia , Educational policy , Internationalization , Research ethics
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Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education Elaine Sharplin, Astana, Kazakhstan
Office of the Provost, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
School of Media, Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education Elaine Sharplin
Office of the Provost
School of Media
School of Social Sciences
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