Europe’s New Scientific Elite: Social Mechanisms of Science in the European Research Area

Author:   Barbara Hoenig
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138214439


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
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Author:   Barbara Hoenig
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781138214439


ISBN 10:   1138214434
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The problem: Establishing ‘excellence’ in socially stratified science Chapter 3. State of research: Controversial ideas on science and public research in a global marketplace Chapter 4. Explaining social change by Europeanization of science: An analytical approach Chapter 5. Methodology: Judging scientific ‘excellence’ Chapter 6. The social structure of the European Research Area: A country comparison Chapter 7. Knowledge of ‘European excellence’: The grant-winning research Chapter 8. The cultural structure of the European Research Area at supranational level: The case of the European Research Council Chapter 9. The sampling: What is a scientific elite? Chapter 10. The grantees: Social choice and mechanisms in elite career trajectories Chapter 11. The panellists: Social choice and mechanisms in grant peer review Chapter 12. Social consequences and conclusions: Cumulative advantage and the case of the European Research Council Appendix Index

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'Hoenig's case study is a major contribution to the sociology of science and knowledge. Based on rich empirical material and within an advanced theoretical framework, Hoenig demonstrates the consequences of European science policy, especially with respect to the formation of new scientific elites and the impact on the cognitive content of research.' - Gerald Angermann-Mozetic, Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Austria 'Science studies has generally neglected how funding arrangements construct hierarchies within science and establish particular meanings of research excellence that position and (dis)place other possible meanings. With great nuance, Barbara Hoenig reveals the detailed politics of knowledge construction underlying the European Research Council in what is the first major study of `Europe' as a project of scientific integration. This is a superb and timely book.' - John Holmwood, University of Nottingham, UK `Science, including social science, has usually been at least partially international in the scope of its operations, but international linkages and collaborations have been largely personal or have involved fragile organisational ties. The institutional initiative studied here, the ERC, endeavours to scale-up European science to operate at a formal supranational level. Barbara Bach-Hoenig's study deploys a magnificent array of theoretical and empirical resources to study its early operation.' - Charles Crothers, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand


'Hoenig's case study is a major contribution to the sociology of science and knowledge. Based on rich empirical material and within an advanced theoretical framework, Hoenig demonstrates the consequences of European science policy, especially with respect to the formation of new scientific elites and the impact on the cognitive content of research.' - Gerald Angermann-Mozetic, Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Austria 'Science studies has generally neglected how funding arrangements construct hierarchies within science and establish particular meanings of research excellence that position and (dis)place other possible meanings. With great nuance, Barbara Hoenig reveals the detailed politics of knowledge construction underlying the European Research Council in what is the first major study of 'Europe' as a project of scientific integration. This is a superb and timely book.' - John Holmwood, University of Nottingham, UK 'Science, including social science, has usually been at least partially international in the scope of its operations, but international linkages and collaborations have been largely personal or have involved fragile organisational ties. The institutional initiative studied here, the ERC, endeavours to scale-up European science to operate at a formal supranational level. Barbara Bach-Hoenig's study deploys a magnificent array of theoretical and empirical resources to study its early operation.' - Charles Crothers, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand


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Barbara Hoenig is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Education & Society of the University of Luxembourg. She obtained her qualifications in sociology at the University of Graz (Diploma 2001, PhD 2009) and the University of Innsbruck (Habilitation 2016). She has published on the sociology of science and knowledge, the history of social sciences, social inequalities and European integration.

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