Safarpour, Ishagh; Abbaspour, Javad; Salimi, Ghasem (2022). Journal of Knowledge-Research Studies, 1(1): 29-54. DOI: 10.22034/jkrs.2021.47805.1006 URL: https://jkrs.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14076.html The paper is an open access and licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY NC license. Exploring the Experiences and Views of Art and Humanities Faculty Members on Promotion Regulation 3 mi i al S Ghasem , * 2 abbaspour Javad , 1 Ishagh safarpour Received: September, 6, 2021; Accepted: December, 26, 2021 Abstract Purpose: The objective of the present study was to explore the views and experiences of Shiraz University’s Humanities and Social Sciences faculty members who are an associate or full professors and have membership in Shiraz University Promotion Committees; it focused on four dimensions of challenges and weaknesses, strengths, consequences of implementing the regulation and the proposed implications. Methodology: In this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study, data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 14 professors in Humanities and Social Sciences faculties. After transcribing the audio files of the interviews, the data were coded through three stages of open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Finally, 114 open codes, 21 axial codes, and four demanding codes concerning the Promotion Regulation were discovered. Findings: Findings showed that the challenges of Promotion Regulation include the victimization of the humanities, great emphasis on research and exclusion of other aspects, especially education, focus on quantity and lack of attention to quality, the taste of committees concerning the Promotion Regulation, and a uniform regulation for all fields. Conclusion: Previous research on Promotion Regulation in Iran has been quantitative research, and most of them addressed the viewpoints of faculty members generally; However, the present study was a qualitative one and, more importantly, the Promotion Regulation was inspected in terms of humanities and social sciences experts’ perspectives. Keywords: Promotion Regulation, Faculty Members, Art and Humanities, Experiences and Views, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology 1. MSc in Scientometrics, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. 2. Corresponding Author, Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (Corrsponding Author) E-mail: javad.abbaspour@gmail.com. 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Administration& Educational Planning, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.