Research Assessment, Emotional Practices, and the Social Hierarchy: What Can You Afford to Feel?

Autor/inn/en	Poulsen, Simone Mejding; Rowlands, Julie
Titel	Research Assessment, Emotional Practices, and the Social Hierarchy: What Can You Afford to Feel?
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 44 (2023) 6, S.1035-1050 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Poulsen, Simone Mejding) ORCID (Rowlands, Julie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2023.2229032
Schlagwörter	Research; Evaluation; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Emotional Response; Social Status; Power Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschung; Evaluierung; Sozialer Einfluss; Emotionales Verhalten; Sozialer Status
Abstract	This paper investigates how the emotional responses towards research assessment reflect both social position and strategy in the struggle for scientific authority. This is examined through interviews with humanities researchers conducted as a part of a study on the implications for research practice of the Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI). Drawing on Bourdieu's theory of practice and Scheer and Matthäus' conceptualisation of the affective habitus and emotional practices, our research suggests that emotions can be conceptualized as strategic practices closely tied to the hierarchical position of the researchers. Established researchers deployed emotional practices as a form of resistance against compliance-based research assessment to retain their scientific authority and autonomy, while early-career researchers generally wanted to resist but their precarious positions did not afford them the possibility to do so. The study thus highlights the potential of studying emotions in relation to resistance and reproduction of dominance in higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01