On Commodification and the Governance of Academic Research
Författare
Summary, in English
The new prominence given to science for economic growth and industry comes with an increased policy focus on the promotion of commodification and commercialization of academic science. This paper posits that this increased interest in commodification is a new steering mechanism for governing science. This is achieved by first outlining what is meant by the commodification of scientific knowledge through reviewing a selection of literatures on the concept of commodification. The paper concludes with a discussion of how commodification functions as a means for governing science.
Avdelning/ar
- Research Policy Institute (RPI)
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
391-405
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Minerva
Volym
47
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- Commodification
- Governance
- Gift
- Science
- Commodity
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1573-1871