Dissertation Research: Dynamics of Globalization in the Philippine Scientific Community

这篇科学和技术研究论文改进补助金使用了科学和技术研究、发展社会学和社会网络分析的交叉领域的概念和理论观点，研究了互联网对发展中地区科学的影响。它试图阐明发展中国家科学研究不足的方面，特别是不同的“科学大都市”对互联网传播和边缘科学界的知识生产的动态的同时影响。这项建议旨在审查和描述互联网的传播及其对菲律宾科学界科学动态的影响。它侧重于菲律宾三个科学社区的当地科学家的交流行为、个人网络、合作模式、生产力和专业活动。它特别关注菲律宾科学界，因为他们的动力和定位，以及他们的人员和培训受到三个在技术、经济和文化上占主导地位的“科学大都市”的影响：澳大利亚、日本和美国。这项研究试图了解学术培训的地点是否符合互联网采用模式、交流行为、个人网络、协作和生产力。本文以以下研究问题为指导：(1)互联网在菲律宾科学中的传播是否存在差异？(2)如果存在，数字不平等的基础是什么？(3)在菲律宾、澳大利亚、日本和美国培训的菲律宾科学家在互联网采用行为、科学交流行为、个人网络、合作模式和生产率方面是否存在差异？这些问题部分是基于最近完成的对加纳、肯尼亚和印度科学家的分析(Ynalvez等人，2004年)。然而，这三个地点与一个科学大都市的关系都是相对相同的。由于菲律宾有不同的殖民历史，它与几个大都市的关系，使其成为研究后殖民影响的战略研究地点。为了回答这些问题，这名学生将对国立研究型大学和政府研究机构的300名菲律宾科学家进行调查。这项研究将揭示澳大利亚、日本和美国等大都市的学术培训对菲律宾科学家网络的影响。这项研究的更广泛影响涉及对科学全球化至关重要的数字鸿沟问题。这项研究将为这一代表性不足的科学界内以及菲律宾与国际社会之间的现有网络和伙伴关系提供详细的指南。这些成果将广泛传播，以增进了解，并作为将发展中地区纳入全球科学界的政策的基础。

This Science and Technology Studies Dissertation Improvement Grant examines the impact of the Internet on science in developing areas, using concepts and theoretical perspectives at the intersection of science and technology studies, the sociology of development, and social network analysis. It seeks to shed light on the under-researched aspects of science in the developing world, specifically the simultaneous influence of different "scientific metropoles" on the dynamics of Internet diffusion and knowledge production in peripheral scientific communities. This proposal seeks to examine and characterize the diffusion of the Internet and its impact on the dynamics of science in Philippine science. It focuses on the communication behavior, personal networks, collaboration patterns, productivity, and professional activities of local scientists in three Philippine scientific communities. It focuses particularly on Philippine scientific communities because their dynamics and orientation, as well as their personnel and training are influenced by three technologically, economically, and culturally dominant "scientific metropoles": Australia, Japan, and the United States. The study seeks to know whether or not the location of academic training conditions patterns of Internet adoption, communication behavior, personal networks, collaboration, and productivity. It is guided by the following research questions: (1) Are there differences in the diffusion of the Internet in Philippine science? (2) If so, what are the bases for digital inequality? (3) Are there differences in Internet adoption behavior, scientific communication behavior, personal networks, collaboration patterns, and productivity of Filipino scientists trained in the Philippines, Australia, Japan, and the United States? These questions are based, in part, on a recently completed analysis of scientists in Ghana, Kenya, and India (Ynalvez et al., 2004). However, these three locations are all relatively homogeneous in their relationship to a single scientific metropole. The Philippines, owing to a history of diverse colonial involvements, exhibits relationships to several metropoles, rendering it a strategic research location for the study of postcolonial influence. To answer these questions, the student will survey a sample of 300 Filipino scientists in state research universities and government research institutes. The study will shed light on the influence of academic training in the metropoles of Australia, Japan, and the United States on the networks of Filipino scientists. The broader impacts of the study relate to digital divide issues of critical importance to the globalization of science. The study will provide a detailed guide to current networks and partnerships both within this underrepresented scientific community and between the Philippine and international communities. These results will be disseminated broadly to enhance understanding and serve as the basis for policies integrating developing areas into the global scientific community.