The Making of 'Excellence' in the European Research Area. How Research Funding Organizations Work

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	Document type :	Parts of books : Contribution to collective works
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/22016

Title :	The Making of 'Excellence' in the European Research Area. How Research Funding Organizations Work
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Hoenig, Barbara [University of Innsbruck > Department of Sociology]
Publication date :	2014
Main document title :	Knowledge for Whom? Public Sociology in the Making
Editor :	Fleck, Christian
	Hess, Andreas
Publisher :	Ashgate
Pages :	pp. 127-146
Peer reviewed :	No
City :	Aldershot
Keywords :	[en] Sociology of science ; Research funding ; European Research Area
Abstract :	[en] The article examines research funding organisations and their public role in providing for and deciding upon the distribution of financial and symbolic resources for research. Taking the supranational European Research Council as a case study, and following notions drawn from Robert Merton's explanatory theory of social structure, we apply a structural analysis of research funding in Europe, making a distinction between structural conditions and social choices, mechanisms and consequences of establishing scientific research of "excellence" in the European Research Area.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/22016

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