IUM Research Review

Social Science Research is an intellectual and systematic investigation of issue/problems/concerns to create new knowledge and perspectives about the phenomenon under investigation. In fact, universities are the centres for intellectual discourses and research excellence.

This Research Policy is serving as a guideline to stimulate a research culture at IUM and to help this university to be on par with other research universities in the world.

Substantial educational achievement at IUM should be supported and accommodated by scholarly research and their publication. During the first years of its establishment, research was not one of the priorities of IUM.

But as the university started to enrol graduate students, the need to strengthen the research awareness and capacity of IUM academic staff became imperative. The need for a Research Policy and Strategy was recognized as an essential element to guide research activities at IUM.

It was also felt that developing a strong research culture at IUM will further enhance the reputation and recognition of the university.

Overall Objective

The overall objective of the Research Policy is to provide a framework on how to initiate and complete systematic and sustained research with respect to:

• Research planning
• Programming and implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Publication
• Building of a Research Culture at IUM
• Resource planning and sourcing of funding for research

Specific Objectives

• To enhance IUM’s commitment to research
• To promote and sustain the corporate image of IUM as a place for scholarly research
• To build and develop a research culture and to encourage undertaking research for professional and career development
• To promote and support the knowledge driven economy by utilization of research input
• To collaborate with national research institutions that promote research, science, technology and innovations
• To promote research in Managerial Sciences which is at the core of the IUM academic programmes
• To publish an internationally peer-reviewed journal, The Namibian Journal of Managerial Sciences as the flagship of the university’s research agenda