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The Impact of Changing Incentives in China on International Cooperation in Social Science Research on China
Der Einfluss wechselnder Anreize in China auf internationale Zusammenarbeit in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung
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Abstract "Over the past three decades, China's fast economic development has induced considerable changes in China's university and research institution landscape, research financing and academic career incentives. This paper argues that these changes have affected the motivation and the ways in which Chines... view more
"Over the past three decades, China's fast economic development has induced considerable changes in China's university and research institution landscape, research financing and academic career incentives. This paper argues that these changes have affected the motivation and the ways in which Chinese scholars engage in international research cooperation. Most recently it has been observed that strong pressures on scholars and scientists - especially at leading academic institutions - to excel in international publications while simultaneously fulfilling their obligation to generate income for their institutions can lead to a dilemma with regard to international research cooperation: Those institutions and scholars most interesting for foreign scholars to cooperate with may be the ones with the least amount of both incentive and time to enter into serious cooperation. This article invites us to reflect on the implications of these changes in the incentive structure for cooperation in social science research on China." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
China; research; international cooperation; funding; motivation; social science; Far East; developing country; Asia
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 33-46
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43 (2014) 2
Issue topic
The Entanglement between Science and Politics
ISSN
1868-1026
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed