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On Commodification and the Governance of Academic Research

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Summary, in English

The new prominence given to science for economic growth and industry comes with an increased policy focus on the promotion of commodification and commercialization of academic science. This paper posits that this increased interest in commodification is a new steering mechanism for governing science. This is achieved by first outlining what is meant by the commodification of scientific knowledge through reviewing a selection of literatures on the concept of commodification. The paper concludes with a discussion of how commodification functions as a means for governing science.

Department/s

  • Research Policy Institute (RPI)

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

391-405

Publication/Series

Minerva

Volume

47

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Commodification
  • Governance
  • Gift
  • Science
  • Commodity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-1871