These representations are considered in the form of both text and images. This research focuses on the process of bordering that took place in 1918 and the creation of Greater Romania and on the new borders and their representations in Geography school textbooks before and after that year. Lately, in Romania and abroad, research about the hidden agendas of educational discourses circulated by school textbooks has become richer. Future work could review maps in PhD dissertations to inform guidelines for preparing and evaluating maps to be included in dissertations.
The accumulation of minor inaccuracies on maps, especially if one result is based on another, can have serious consequences for scientific knowledge production. We provide a qualitative description of problems identified in the dissertations, which highlight challenges with the accurate and responsible presentation of scientific results in maps. Maps that communicated scientific results were prevalent in the natural sciences and in the humanities, and in these cases, the dissertations included a large number of maps. Maps for indicating locations or study areas were used in a diverse range of topics, confirming our reliance on maps to communicate information about geographic space. We reviewed just over 1,000 dissertations published in 20 at three universities. As academics and supervisors of postgraduate students, we conducted an exploratory study to determine if and how these concerns apply to maps in PhD dissertations.
Despite this, concerns are being raised over the quality of maps produced with online and desktop mapping products. Tools for analysing geospatial data and preparing maps are now readily available and widely used in research. Maps are a powerful medium for communicating research.
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