Affiliate researchers

[sitifan]

Affiliate Researchers are regular, research, or adjunct university faculty or non-university researchers, including post-doctoral fellows, who actively participate in institute activities, including its research projects or committees. (My bold.)
Source: https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-inn... research,its research projects or committees.

What does the expression in bold mean?

 

[emsr2d2]

Which individual words do you not understand having, of course, looked them all up in good dictionaries?

 

[sitifan]

Affiliate Researchers are regular [university faculty], research [university faculty], or adjunct university faculty or non-university researchers, including post-doctoral fellows, who actively participate in institute activities, including its research projects or committees.

Is my paraphrase correct?

 

[Tarheel]

It's clear from the beginning that it's associated with the university.

 

[tedmc]

Affiliate Researchers are regular(university faculty), research (university faculty), or adjunct university faculty researchers, or non-university researchers, including post-doctoral fellows, who actively participate in institute activities, including its research projects or committees.

The multiple adjectives used is a bit confusing. I think adding another "researchers" makes it clearer as to which noun the adjectives modify.

 

[embertmorton200]

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[emsr2d2]

@embertmorton200 The advertising link in your response has been removed. Any further attempts at advertising will result in a ban.
Do enlighten us though - exactly what parts of this thread did you find really insightful?