Universities and think tanks: a prosaic comparison

Authors

  • Carmen González Enríquez Departamento de Ciencia Política. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2018.26

Keywords:

Social Sciences, universities, Think Tanks, cognitive autonomy.

Abstract

This article compares the incentive structures and relations with the environment of two groups of professionals: think tank researchers and social science scholars. It examines three external elements, media, funders and public authorities, to determine their influence on the “cognitive autonomy” of researchers. Regarding the incentive structure, the study focuses on comparing four elements: access to permanent job posts, professional career status, peer evaluation of work, and individual regulatory power over the structure.

Author Biography

Carmen González Enríquez, Departamento de Ciencia Política. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

Catedrática en el Departamento de Ciencia Política de la UNED y colaboradora del Real Instituto Elcano en las áreas de migraciones y opinión pública. Ha sido investigadora visitante en el Centre on Migration Policy and Society de la Universidad de Oxford y en el Centro de Estudios Políticos de Budapest. Su investigación académica se ha dirigido en los últimos años a las migraciones internacionales participando en varios proyectos financiados por la Comisión Europea, como ITHACA (Integration, Transnational Mobility and Human, Social and Economic Capital Transfers), METOIKOS (Circular migration patterns in Southern and Central Eastern Europe: Challenges and opportunities for migrants and policy makers), CLANDESTINO (Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable) o POLITIS (Active Civic Participation of Third Country Immigrants), y ha formado parte del equipo de la primera investigación europea sobre la emigración actual desde el sur de Europa (New Emigration in Europe: The Effects of the Economic Crisis in Southern Europe and Ireland).

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Published

2018-05-01

How to Cite

González Enríquez, C. (2018). Universities and think tanks: a prosaic comparison. Spanish Journal of Sociology, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2018.26

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2018): Monográfico. La comida fuera del hogar: nuevas estrategias y hábitos alimentarios extra-domésticos.

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