The commodification of academic research : science and the modern university / edited by Hans Radder.

"The epistemic and moral responsibilities of universities, whether for-profit or nonprofit, are examined from several philosophical standpoints. The contributors discuss the pertinent epistemological and methodological questions, the sociopolitical issues of the organization of science, the ten...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Radder, Hans
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • The commodification of academic research / Hans Radder
  • The commercialization of academic culture and the future of the university / Daniel Lee Kleinman
  • Knowledge transfer from academia to industry through patenting and licensing : rhetoric and reality / Sigrid Sterckx
  • Financial interests and the norms of academic science / David B. Resnik
  • One-shot science / James Robert Brown
  • The business of drug research : a mixed blessing / Albert W. Musschenga, Wim J. van der Steen, and Vincent K.Y. Ho
  • The commodification of knowledge exchange : governing the circulation of biological data / Sabina Leonelli
  • Research under pressure : methodological features of commercialized science / Martin Carrier
  • Robert Merton, intellectual property, and open science : a sociological history for our times / Henk van den Belt
  • Mertonian values, scientific norms, and the commodification of academic research / Hans Radder
  • Coercion, corruption, and politics in the commodification of academic science / Mark B. Brown
  • Capitalism and knowledge : the university between commodification and entrepreneurship / Steve Fuller
  • Viable alternatives for commercialized science : the case of humanistics / Harry Kunneman.