Workshop Proposal: Science as a Vocation: A Centennial Perspective

研讨会提案：科学作为一种职业：百年视角

• 批准号: 1743873
• 负责人: Edward Hackett
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Brandeis University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-15 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743873&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Proposal; Science; Vocation; Centennial

A century ago Max Weber, a German historian and social scientist, gave a celebrated lecture, entitled ?Science as a Vocation."  The lecture provided an overview of the external conditions of scientific work?employment security and circumstances, pay, competition, promotion opportunities--and examined the personal experience of science and its human and societal meanings. With Weber's work as a benchmark, this workshop examines stability and change in scientific careers in order to summarize what is known, to identify areas where new knowledge about work life and career are needed, and to use what we know to suggest ways to attract, motivate, and arrange scientific work that ensure its continued success.    Conference participants systematically and comparatively analyze science as a vocation today, to address both its external conditions and internal meanings and rewards, in diverse national contexts. They consider how the institutional dynamics of science systems, changing modes of research support and performance, and evolving science-society relationships change the shape, content, and attractiveness of scientific careers within academe and outside.  Of concern are the direction and dynamics of change, the potential policy and programmatic responses, and the likelihood that emerging forms of scientific work life and career will meet the challenges that lie ahead.

一个世纪前，德国历史学家和社会科学家马克斯·韦伯做了一次著名的演讲，题为？科学作为一种职业。该演讲概述了科学工作的外部条件--就业保障和环境、薪酬、竞争、晋升机会--并考察了科学的个人经历及其人类和社会意义。以韦伯的工作为基准，这次研讨会考察了科学职业生涯的稳定性和变化，以总结已知的情况，确定需要关于工作生活和职业生涯的新知识的领域，并利用我们所知道的来建议如何吸引、激励和安排科学工作，以确保其继续成功。世界科学大会的与会者系统和比较地分析了当今科学作为一种职业，以解决其外部条件和内部意义以及奖励，在不同的国家背景下。他们考虑科学系统的制度动态、不断变化的研究支持和绩效模式以及不断发展的科学-社会关系如何改变学术界和外部科学职业的形式、内容和吸引力。令人担忧的是变化的方向和动态，潜在的政策和方案回应，以及新兴形式的科学工作生活和职业将迎接未来挑战的可能性。