Sub-theme 17: Organizing Science: The Increasingly Formal Structuring of Academic Research

Convenors:
Richard Whitley, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
Jochen Gläser, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Changing Organisations, Authority Relations and Scientific Innovation
Chair: Uwe Schimank
Richard Whitley
Institutional change and scientific innovations: The roles of protected space and flexibility
Grit Laudel
Doing something new in the Netherlands: The impact of research organisations and funding agencies on the start of new research lines
Enno Aljets, Eric Lettkemann and Jochen Gläser
Where to go for a change: Organisational conditions for altering research practices in German universities and public research institutes
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Changing Organisations, Authority Relations and Scientific Innovation
Chair: Richard Whitley
Adriana Gorga and Tatiana Fumasoli
Change and innovation in educational research: Structural and evolutionary integration in university setting
Lars Engwall and Tina Hedmo
The emergence and organizing of scientific fields: The case of corpus linguistics
Julien Barrier
Designing research centers: Institutional myths, loose coupling and organizing
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
The Role of Formal Structures in Intra- and Inter-organisational Collaboration
Chair: Jochen Gläser
Jürgen Deeg
The organization of interdisciplinary, collaborative research networks: Deliberate design vs. emergent patterns
Inga Ulnicane-Ozolina
How does the design of joint research activities matter: Different conditions for knowledge co-production in formal and informal international research collaboration
Liviu Birza
How do inventions from international collaborative research centres get into practice
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Formal Organisations as Intermediary Research Coordinators
Chair: Adriana Gorga
Emanuela Reale
Shifting power in higher education policy making. The influence of the evaluation agencies for transforming universities knowledge production
Ute Volkmann, Uwe Schimank and Markus Rost
The interplay of academic publishers and scientific research – Chemistry and sociology in comparison
Ed Noyons, Paul Wouters, Laurens Hessels and Edwin Horlings
Research coordination by intermediary organizations
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Formalising Universities as Public Research Organisations
Chair: Benedetto Lepori
Bernd Kleimann
Mediating organization and science: Leadership practices of German university presidents
Elke Weyer
From loosely organized to tightly managed?
Jochen Gläser
Are universities professional organisations?
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Formalising Universities as Public Research Organisations
Chair: Elke Weyer
Séverine Louvel
How do researchers react to the growing commensuration of their activities? First insights from an international study
Benedetto Lepori, Martina Montauti and Marco Seeber
Universities as hybrid organizations. Investigating the connection between institutional logics, identity and budgeting practices
Thimo von Stuckrad and Jochen Gläser
Beyond the learning metaphor: How can universities respond to evaluations?
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, A-410 – Aalto School of Economics
Formalising Universities as Public Research Org
Chair: Grit Laudel
Arlena Jung
Conflict management: From negotiation to socialisation. The interactive dimension of public relations and its implications for the boundaries of science