Abstract This paper uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory to develop tools for analyzing interdisciplinary scientific fields. Interdisciplinary
fields are scientific spaces where no single form of scientific capital has a monopoly and there…
Abstract The paper examines Pierre Bourdieu’s extensive writings on the production of scientific knowledge. The study shows that Bourdieu
offered not one but two – significantly different – approaches to scientific knowledge production, o…
Bringing Pierre Bourdieu to Science and Technology Studies
Content Type Journal ArticlePages 263-273DOI 10.1007/s11024-011-9174-2Authors
Mathieu Albert, Wilson Centre and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 200 Eliz…
Stuart Macintyre, The Poor Relation. A History of Social Sciences in Australia
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Book ReviewPages 355-358DOI 10.1007/s11024-011-9173-3Authors
Henrika Kuklick, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsyl…
Abstract In recent years questions concerning the impact of public research funding have become the preeminent site at which struggles
over the meanings and value of science are played out. In this paper we explore the ‘politics of impact…
Abstract A network of think tanks—the ASEAN-Institutes of Strategic and International Studies and their researchers—have played a proactive
and sometimes influential role in regional debates on Asian economic integration and security co…
Abstract The tension between equity and excellence is fundamental in science policy. This tension might appear to be resolved through
the use of merit-based evaluation as a criterion for research funding. This is not the case. Merit-based d…
Abstract In this article, we propose four modifications to the standard Triple Helix innovation model, which consists of the three
strands: university, government, industry. First, in view of recent economic, cultural, organizational and id…
Abstract This paper describes the French initiative in materials research against both a national and an international background,
in an attempt to disentangle the local circumstances, which prompted this governmental initiative, and to cha…
Abstract In many Western science systems, funding structures increasingly stimulate academic research to contribute to practical applications,
but at the same time the rise of bibliometric performance assessments have strengthened the press…
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