Academics challenged to take research beyond campus

Economics Professor Troy Lorde is urging academics and emerging researchers to take their expertise beyond the walls of The University of the West Indies and engage more directly with communities across Barbados.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Cave Hill campus’ Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Graduate Symposium on Friday at the V. Eudine Barriteau Complex, Lorde said scholars have a responsibility to contribute to public conversations and help shape national discussions.

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“It’s incumbent upon faculty, academics and our young researchers to take on this mantle, which is to say we have to speak truth to power,” said Lorde, dean of the FSS at the Cave Hill campus. “That is the responsibility of the Faculty of Social Sciences, I would say, to be the conscience of the university.”