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The EUropeanisation of Research Infrastructure Policy 研究基础设施政策的欧盟化

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09544-0

Katharina C. Cramer, Nicolas V. Rüffin

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Between Delivery and Luck: Projectification of Academic Careers and Conflicting Notions of Worth at the Postdoc Level 在交付与运气之间：学术职业的项目化与博士后级别的价值观念冲突

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09541-3

Jonatan Nästesjö

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Benchmarking and the Technicization of Academic Discourse: The Case of the EU at-Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion Composite Indicator 基准和学术话语的技术化：欧盟贫困或社会排斥风险综合指标案例

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09537-z

Marianna Zieleńska, Magdalena Wnuk

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Strategic Bureaucracy: The Convergence of Bureaucratic and Strategic Management Logics in the Organizational Restructuring of Universities 战略官僚制：大学组织结构调整中官僚逻辑与战略管理逻辑的融合

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09535-1

Peter Woelert, Bjørn Stensaker

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The Therapeutic University 治疗大学

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09539-x

Joseph C. Hermanowicz

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Could I Write Like Carol Weiss? 我能像卡罗尔-魏斯那样写作吗？

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09534-2

Øyunn Syrstad Høydal

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The Persistence of Gender Inequality in e-Science: The Case of eSec 电子科学中持续存在的性别不平等：电子安全案例

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09530-6

Öznur Karakaş

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From Effects of Governance to Causes of Epistemic Change 从治理的效果到认识论变革的原因

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09526-2

Jochen Gläser

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What is the Space for “Place” in Social Studies of Astronomy? 天文学社会研究中的 "位置 "空间是什么？

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-05-25 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09527-1

Raquel Velho, Michael Gastrow, Caroline Mason, Marina Ulguim, Yoliswa Sikhosana

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An Uneasy Peace: How STEM Progressive, Traditionalist, and Bridging Faculty Understand Campus Conflicts over Diversity, Anti-Racism, and Free Expression 不稳定的和平：STEM 进步派、传统派和桥梁派教师如何理解校园中有关多样性、反种族主义和自由表达的冲突

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Minerva Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11024-023-09517-9

Steven Brint, Megan Webb, Benjamin Fields

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