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Shaping science: university governance, actors and crises in higher education

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Course description: This course examines science practices, governance and actors. Topics will focus on how values in science emerged and change, how science is governed in university settings, how various actors (corporate, political and faculty) influence science production, the role of trust in science and the role of individual researchers/scholars. Different logics—scientific, commercial, ethical, political—have always existed in science. How these logics are balanced, interpreted, and enacted, vary depending on the relationship between universities, researchers and society. In current times a variety of factors (i.e. the ‘knowledge society’, ‘post-truth’ politics, COVID-19) have impacted universities, researchers/scholars and the science they produce, providing them with a more central and influential role in many democratic societies. As such, the resources, attention and demands—and overall, the relationship to society—evolves. Universities, in general, and researchers/scholars, in particular, are engaging with new actors, interests and forms of governance; how they navigate the ‘new’ relationship depends on a number of factors. In this course we will look how various intentional and unintentional actions impact universities and scholars’ work through the themes of commercialization of research, entrepreneurial faculty, competition for funding, academic freedom, politicization of science, and trust.

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Ort: nicht angegeben
Zeiten: Do. 10:00 - 12:00 (wöchentlich)
Erster Termin: Donnerstag, 15.04.2021 10:00 - 12:00
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)

Studienbereiche

  • Veranstaltungen > Europäische Studien > Master-Studiengang > Wahlbereich
  • Veranstaltungen > Sozialwissenschaften > Master Soziologie
  • Veranstaltungen > Sozialwissenschaften > Master Politikwissenschaft
  • Courses in English > Cultural Studies and Social Sciences (e.g. European Studies, International Relations)