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July 22, 2023

The Inner World of Research On Academic Labor

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Free Download Stefan Svallfors, "The Inner World of Research: On Academic Labor "
English | ISBN: 1839981571 | 2021 | 142 pages | EPUB | 248 KB
The Inner World of Research is a book about the joys and miseries of life as a researcher. Dealing with essential but rarely mentioned topics in the everyday life of a researcher, it focuses, in particular, on the role of emotions and social relations in research. It stretches from the individual researcher, to the ‘micro-cosmos’ of the research team and to the broader policy environment in which research takes place. Though based on autobiographical material from Stefan Svallfors’ long career as a leading social scientist, the book also derives from extended interviews with researchers from a variety of disciplines, and with authors, artists and musicians. It delves into the mysteries of creativity; the joys and frustrations of collaboration; and the role of fear, anger and boredom in the life of a researcher.

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July 11, 2023

The Commodification of Academic Research

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Free Download Hans Radder, "The Commodification of Academic Research"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0822943964, 0822962268 | PDF | pages: 361 | 2.4 mb
Selling science has become a common practice in contemporary universities. This commodification of academia pervades many aspects of higher education, including research, teaching, and administration. As such, it raises significant philosophical, political, and moral challenges. This volume offers the first book-length analysis of this disturbing trend from a philosophical perspective and presents views by scholars of philosophy of science, social and political philosophy, and research ethics.

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July 6, 2023

Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making

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Free Download Celia Whitchurch, "Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-Making "
English | ISBN: 1350282537 | 2023 | 248 pages | PDF | 29 MB
Drawing on empirical research, this book develops the concept of career scripts to show how contemporary academic faculty in the UK and other English-speaking countries approach their roles and careers. The career paths of individuals may be informed by personal strengths, interests and commitments, by activity associated with professional practice (represented by Practice scripts), and by formal career structures (represented by

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July 3, 2023

Routledge Handbook of Academic Knowledge Circulation

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Free Download Wiebke Keim, "Routledge Handbook of Academic Knowledge Circulation "
English | ISBN: 1032269510 | 2023 | 604 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Knowledge is a result of never-ending processes of circulation. This accessible volume is the first comprehensive multidisciplinary work to explore these processes through the perspective of scholars working outside of Anglo-American paradigms. Through a variety of literature reviews, examples of recent research and in-depth case studies, the chapters demonstrate that the analysis of knowledge circulation requires a series of ontological and epistemic commitments that impact its conceptualisation and methodologies.

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June 26, 2023

Professors as Academic Leaders Expectations, Enacted Professionalism and Evolving Roles

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Free Download Linda Evans, "Professors as Academic Leaders: Expectations, Enacted Professionalism and Evolving Roles"
English | ISBN: 1474270476 | 2018 | 296 pages | PDF | 3 MB
What is the role of a professor? How does someone achieve professorial status? What do non-professorial colleagues think about professors? How do professors themselves perceive their roles? What are the bases of these perceptions, and what are their implications for the professoriate’s evolving role both within the neoliberal university, and in the approaching post-neoliberal era?

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