Entangled in academic capitalism? A case-study on changing ideals and practices of university research.

Autor/in	Ylijoki, Oili-Helena
Titel	Entangled in academic capitalism? A case-study on changing ideals and practices of university research. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Im akademischen Kapitalismus verstrickt? Eine Fallstudie zum Wandel von Idealen und Praktiken in der Hochschulforschung.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 45 (2003) 3, S. 307-335Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 53
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1023/A:1022667923715
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Interview; Gesellschaft; Finnland; Forschung; Gesellschaft; Hochschullehrer; Interview; Qualität; Student; Studium; Wirtschaft; Wissenschaftler; Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; Wissenschaftsethik; Ausland; Hochschule; Unternehmensform; Forschungsfinanzierung; Gegenwart; Hochschulforschung; Lehre; Lehre; Gegenwart; Fundraising; Marktorientierung; Unternehmensform; Wirtschaft; Studium; Forschungsfinanzierung; Hochschulforschung; Hochschullehrer; Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; Hochschule; Wissenschaftsethik; Qualität; Student; Wissenschaftler; Ausland; Finnland
Abstract	During recent years universities have engaged increasingly in academic capitalism as a response to the decrease in budget funding and the external push towards entrepreneurial activities. This paper explores on the micro level what impacts the changing funding patterns have on university research, how the changes are responded to in different research units, and how researchers experience them. Based on focused interviews with senior researchers in three different types of research settings in Finland, the paper argues that engaging in academic capitalism is everyday reality in all units but takes a diversity of forms depending on how close or distant the field is from the market. In addition the disciplinary and institutional cultures shape the process of adaptation to the changing environmental conditions. It is concluded that increasing market-orientation does not displace traditional academic practices, values and ideals as researchers try to accommodate them to entrepreneurial activities. However, especially due to the growth and intensification of project work on short-term contracts, achieving a balance between the two value-sets is at present felt to be increasingly difficult, thus generating a variety of tensions in the daily work of the researchers and even endangering the quality of research. (HRK/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2004_(CD)