Details
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 154-178 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Social science information |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 23 Feb 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2022 |
Abstract
Discussions about funding research grants by lottery have centered on weighing the pros and cons of peer review, but this focus does not fully account for how an idea comes across in the field of science to those researchers directly dependent on research funding. Not only do researchers have personal perspectives, but they are also shaped by their experiences and the positions they occupy in the field of science. Applying Bourdieu’s field theory, the authors explore the question of which field-specific problems and conflicts scientists identify and for which they could imagine using a grant lottery in the allocation of research funding. Under what conditions does such a solution, which is external to the field of science, seem justified to them? The results show that different areas of application are conceivable for a lottery mechanism in the field of science but that its use seems justifiable only for legitimate field-specific quandaries.
Keywords
- Bourdieu, field of science, lottery, peer review, research grants
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences(all)
- Library and Information Sciences
Cite this
- Standard
- Harvard
- Apa
- Vancouver
- BibTeX
- RIS
In: Social science information, Vol. 61, No. 1, 01.03.2022, p. 154-178.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Random grant allocation from the researchers’ perspective
T2 - Introducing the distinction into legitimate and illegitimate problems in Bourdieu’s field theory
AU - Barlösius, Eva
AU - Philipps, Axel
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Grant 01PW18004).
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Discussions about funding research grants by lottery have centered on weighing the pros and cons of peer review, but this focus does not fully account for how an idea comes across in the field of science to those researchers directly dependent on research funding. Not only do researchers have personal perspectives, but they are also shaped by their experiences and the positions they occupy in the field of science. Applying Bourdieu’s field theory, the authors explore the question of which field-specific problems and conflicts scientists identify and for which they could imagine using a grant lottery in the allocation of research funding. Under what conditions does such a solution, which is external to the field of science, seem justified to them? The results show that different areas of application are conceivable for a lottery mechanism in the field of science but that its use seems justifiable only for legitimate field-specific quandaries.
AB - Discussions about funding research grants by lottery have centered on weighing the pros and cons of peer review, but this focus does not fully account for how an idea comes across in the field of science to those researchers directly dependent on research funding. Not only do researchers have personal perspectives, but they are also shaped by their experiences and the positions they occupy in the field of science. Applying Bourdieu’s field theory, the authors explore the question of which field-specific problems and conflicts scientists identify and for which they could imagine using a grant lottery in the allocation of research funding. Under what conditions does such a solution, which is external to the field of science, seem justified to them? The results show that different areas of application are conceivable for a lottery mechanism in the field of science but that its use seems justifiable only for legitimate field-specific quandaries.
KW - Bourdieu
KW - field of science
KW - lottery
KW - peer review
KW - research grants
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125426020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/05390184221076627
DO - 10.1177/05390184221076627
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125426020
VL - 61
SP - 154
EP - 178
JO - Social science information
JF - Social science information
SN - 0539-0184
IS - 1
ER -