The micro-dynamics of scientific choice: research project motivations among public affairs academics

被引：2

作者：

Nelson, John P. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Future Innovat Soc, 800 S Cady Mall,Suite 401, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

[2] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Publ Policy, 258 4th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

来源：

SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY | 2024年 / 51卷 / 01期

关键词：

scientific choice; topic choice; researcher motivation; research policy; undone science; SCIENCE POLICY; UNDONE SCIENCE; NEGLECTED HEART; BROADER IMPACTS; CRITERIA; INNOVATION; IMPLEMENTATION; COLLABORATION; ENGAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY;

D O I：

10.1093/scipol/scad059

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Academic researchers' choices about research projects to pursue are an important mechanism in societal allocation of research effort. It is unclear whether researchers' criteria for project choice align with those articulated by policy scholars and philosophers. Many potential criteria for project choice are commonly discussed in scholarly and popular literature, but they have been little studied on the individual level. I review and catalog such potential criteria and then empirically explore researcher motivations for project choice through factor analysis of survey data from 409 authors of research articles in major public administration and public policy journals. I find empirical support for personal gain, societal importance, and intellectual interest as research motivations. These motivations do not neatly align with proposed ideal criteria for scientific choice. Thus, such criteria must be translated to speak to researchers' personal interests to achieve expression in individual scientific choice.

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