Commodification of academic research: Science and the Modern University /
edited by Hans Radder.
- 1st ed.
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.
- vii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface vii 1. The Commodification of Academic Research 1 Hans Radder 2. The Commercialization of Academic Culture and the Future of the University 24 Daniel Lee Kleinman 3. Knowledge Transfer from Academia to Industry through Patenting and Licensing: Rhetoric and Reality 44 Sigrid Sterckx 4. Financial Interests and the Norms of Academic Science 65 David B. Resnik 5. One-Shot Science 90 James Robert Brown 6. The Business of Drug Research: A Mixed Blessing 110 Albert W. Musschenga, Wim J. van der Steen, and Vincent K. Y. Ho 7. The Commodification of Knowledge Exchange: Governing the Circulation of Biological Data 132 Sabina Leonelli 8. Research under Pressure: Methodological Features of Commercialized Science 158 Martin Carrier 9. Robert Merton, Intellectual Property, and Open Science: A Sociological History for Our Times 187 Henk van den Belt
vi Contents 10. Mertonian Values, Scientific Norms, and the Commodification of Academic Research 231 Hans Radder 11. Coercion, Corruption, and Politics in the Commodification of Academic Science 259 Mark B. Brown 12. Capitalism and Knowledge: The University between Commodification and Entrepreneurship 277 Steve Fuller 13. Viable Alternatives for Commercialized Science: The Case of Humanistics 307 Harry Kunneman List of Contributors 337 Index 341
Selling science has become a common practice in contemporary universities. This commodification of academia pervades many aspects of higher education, including research, teaching, and administration. As such, it raises significant philosophical, political, and moral challenges. This volume offers the first book-length analysis of this disturbing trend from a philosophical perspective and presents views by scholars of philosophy of science, social and political philosophy, and research ethics. The epistemic and moral responsibilities of universities, whether for-profit or nonprofit, are examined from several philosophical standpoints. The contributors discuss the pertinent epistemological and methodological questions, the sociopolitical issues of the organization of science, the tensions between commodified practices and the ideal of “science for the public good,” and the role of governmental regulation and personal ethical behavior. In order to counter coercive and corruptive influences of academic commodification, the contributors consider alternatives to commodified research and offer practical recommendations for establishing appropriate research standards, methodologies and institutional arrangements, and a corresponding normative ethos. Taken from the Publisher's Site.
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Research--Economic aspects. Science--Philosophy. Science--Moral and ethical aspects.