We Have Sent Ourselves to Iceland (With Apologies to Iceland): Changing the Academy From Internally-Driven to Externally Partnered

• Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
• Main Author: Singh, Gerald G.
• Other Authors: Nippon Foundation, Canada First Research Excellence Fund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Huxley; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.832506; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.832506/full

In Brave New World , Aldus Huxley presented a dystopic vision of the world where global despotic power was maintained, in part, through isolating academics in Iceland. Current academic accountability is based on notions of excellence that reflect prestige. In governing itself based on excellence, I...