Workshop Proposal: Science as a Vocation: A Centennial Perspective

一个世纪前，德国历史学家和社会科学家马克斯·韦伯做了一个著名的演讲，题目是？科学是一种职业。“讲座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-并审查了科学的个人经验及其对人类和社会的意义。 以韦伯的工作为基准，本次研讨会探讨了科学职业的稳定性和变化，以总结已知的知识，确定需要有关工作生活和职业的新知识的领域，并利用我们所知道的建议吸引，激励和安排科学工作，确保其持续成功的方法。 与会者系统地和比较分析科学作为一种职业今天，以解决其外部条件和内部意义和奖励，在不同的国家背景下。他们认为，科学系统的机构动态，不断变化的研究支持和性能模式，以及不断发展的科学与社会的关系如何改变形状，内容和科学职业的吸引力内，外。 令人关切的是变化的方向和动态、可能的政策和方案对策，以及新出现的科学工作生活和职业形式是否有可能应对未来的挑战。

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.