What's special about basic research?
What's special about basic research?
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DOI：
10.1177/0162243905283642
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Calvert, J
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作者：
Calvert, J
“基础研究”经常被用于科学政策。它通常被认为是指研究，这是专门针对获取新知识，而不是任何更实际的目标。最近，人们对基础研究的未来相当关注，因为知识生产的性质发生了所谓的变化，科学家们面临越来越大的压力，要求他们证明自己工作的社会和经济效益。但基础研究真的有什么特别之处吗？作者在这里认为，“基础研究”是一个灵活而模糊的概念，科学家利用它来获得声望和资源。她表明，它是用于边界工作，并给出了它在不同情况下所做的工作的例子，通过借鉴与科学家和决策者的采访，对基础研究的类别，他们已经看到随着时间的推移，它的变化。
"Basic research" is often used in science policy. It is commonly thought to refer to research that is directed solely toward acquiring new knowledge rather than any more practical objective. Recently, there has been considerable concern about the future of basic research because of purported changes in the nature of knowledge production and increasing pressures on scientists to demonstrate the social and economic benefits of their work. But is there really something special about basic research? The author argues here that "basic research" is a flexible and ambiguous concept that is drawn on by scientists to acquire prestige and resources. She shows that it is used for boundary work and gives examples of the work it does in different situations by drawing on interviews with scientists and policy makers on the category of basic research and the changes they have seen in it over time.