Governance and Performance in the German Public Research Sector: Disciplinary Differences / Edition 1

by Dorothea Jansen

Overview

2007b: 115 ff.; Jansen 2007c: 236 ff.). “Governance patterns” here means a chain of interconnected mechanisms which can be observed empirically. “Governance p- terns” can be roughly defined as “complex regulatory structures coordinating the actions of interdependent actors”. Governance patterns can relate to hierarchical as well as to lateral coordination mechanisms. Enforcement can be based on law, p- fessional norms or informal and implicit norms or customs. Moreover, the regulatory structures or individual mechanisms inside them can be established and sanctioned by public as well as by private actors. There is in fact not necessarily an actor in charge of controlling outcomes as for instance in market competition. In the next section, I will introduce the reader to the changing role of the state in science policy. The third section presents the governance model for the p- lic research sector which was developed by the research group and underlies the 1 contributions in this anthology. The final section gives an overview of the papers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048191383
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	08/02/2010
Series:	Higher Education Dynamics , #32
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Part I Effects of Science Law and Science Policy on Performance

1 New Public Management in Science and Incentive-Compatible Resource-Allocation Based on Indicators Torben Schubert Ulrich Schmoch 3

2 Disciplinary Differences from a Legal Perspective Roland Broemel Arne Pilniok Simon Sieweke Hans-Heinrich Trute 19

Part II New Governance of Research and Effects on Performance

3 Is Nanoscience a Mode 2 Field? Disciplinary Differences in Modes of Knowledge Production Dorothea Jansen Regina von Görtz Richard Heidler 45

4 Effects of New Governance on Research in the Humanities - The Example of Medieval History Barbara M. Kehm Liudvika Leiðytë 73

Part III New Governance of PhD Education and Effects on Performance

5 The Performance of German Research Training Groups in Different Disciplinary Fields - An Empirical Assessment Birgit Unger Kerstin Pull Uschi Backes-Gellner 93

6 Success and Failure of PhD Programmes: An Empirical Study of the Interplay Between Interests, Resources and Organisation Peter Schneider Nicole Thaller Dieter Sadowski 107

Summary and Conclusions Dorothea Jansen 125

Appendix: Disciplinary Differences in Four Research Fields: The Cases of Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, and Economics 137

Introduction Regina von Görtz Richard Heidler 139

Appendix A The Research Field of Astrophysics Richard Heidler Regina von Görtz Karola Barnekow 143

Appendix B The Research Field of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Thomas Heinze 153

Appendix C The Research Field of Medical Biotechnology Jürgen Enders Ulrich Schmoch 163

Appendix D The Research Field of Economics Torben Schubert 171

About the Authors 179

Author Index 185

Subject Index 189

Editorial Reviews

The Governance of universities and the effects of new public management are important topics that have given rise to a rich body of work. This book has two unique features. It mobilises the German situation to show how productive the notion of “governance pattern” can be to account for the architecture of the various external and internal, old and new governance mechanisms at play. This enables to focus on the central argument of the book, that is “the evidence of huge differences among disciplinary fields with respect to their conditions and requirements for knowledge production”. The book takes different disciplines to study how these are affected differently by ‘on size fits all’ institutional changes. They initiate a rich path both for science policy studies and for university-focused organisational research. Philippe Laredo Université Paris-Est and University of Manchester This well-timed, informative and interesting book enriches the current discussions on the governance of research in and out of Germany. It belongs into the hands of those who are in positions of responsibility in universities, research institutions and research policy. The book does not mark the end of the discussions but shows the state of the art of the governance research in Germany in an encouraging way. Moreover, it marks an important reference point for how to continue this discussion also internationally. Reinhard Grunwald Former Secretary General of the German Research Foundation Executive Managing Director of the Center for Science & Research Management

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