Re-thinking excellence; getting smart between the no longer and the not yet comments on the convergence of knowledge and politics
| Document type: | Bookchapters |
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| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Elisabeth Gulbrandsen, Lena Trojer |
| Title: | Re-thinking excellence; getting smart between the no longer and the not yet comments on the convergence of knowledge and politics |
| Book: | Travelling Thoughtfulness - feminist technoscience stories |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Pagination: | 306 |
| Editor: | Pirjo Elovaara |
| ISBN: | 978-91-7459-094-4 |
| Publisher: | Institutionen för Informatik, Umeå Universitet |
| City: | Umeå |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Planning and Media Design (Sektionen för planering och mediedesign) School of Planning and Media Design S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/dsn/ |
| Authors e-mail: | lena.trojer@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Scientific Excellence has become the catch word for research politics, manifesting itself in the establishment of centres of excellence all over Europe as well as in the European Research Council. What is the meaning of this phenomenon? What will we find when trying to open up the black box of “scientific excellence”? The need to question evaluation processes seems intrusive, when we realize the increasing demands on knowledge production to be societally robust, not the least within the energy and environmental sector. How do we move towards a situation where scientific ‘excellence’ is automatically taken to include reflection and wider engagement concerning societal dimensions? |
| Subject: | Technoscience Studies\Feminist Technoscience Technoscience Studies\General |
| Keywords: | feminist technoscience |
