Values and Evaluation. Co-evolution of Science and Society

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004546035_005" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004546035_005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004546035_005" target="_blank" >10.1163/9789004546035_005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Values and Evaluation. Co-evolution of Science and Society

Original language description

The chapter delivers an analysis of mutual relationships of science and society – how progress of scientific knowledge coincides and harmonizes with social values, goals and interests and how it is reflected in science policy incl. research evaluation. The evolution of science policy in second half of 20th century reflects changes of social climate and value orientation of society: post-war large autonomy of science was replaced (in the 1960s-1970s) by governmental efforts to guide science towards social goals. In the 1980s, science policy was in fact – under the pressure of growing globalization – transformed into innovation policy (periodization by Jamison and Elzinga). Economic accents are apparent also in NPM (New Public Management) that arises gradually on relevance in the 1990s. It comprises the key principles of neoliberal policy with its stress on effectivity, competition, accountability that should be applied in management and evaluation of research. In reality, NPM is being employed quite differently and selectively in national science policies. Concepts such as knowledge society or scientification of society depict increasing societal role of science while, paradoxically, trust in science is rather decreasing in some Western countries. Dynamic times contest habitual practices, however, science often cannot readily deliver easily comprehensible and feasible solutions. Integral parts of scientific efforts are also scepticism, critical reflections, failures. Recent multiple (financial, climate, pandemic) crises pose grand challenges for science: to develop strategy how to cope with uncertainties and crises and strengthen resilience towards hazards and disasters.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Towards a New Research Era. A Global Comparison of Research Distortions

ISBN

978-90-04-54493-2

Number of pages of the result

14

Pages from-to

45-58

Number of pages of the book

256

Publisher name

Brill

Place of publication

Leiden

UT code for WoS chapter

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