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dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Kate
dc.contributor.authorBenneworth, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T13:25:02Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T13:25:02Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-01
dc.description.abstractThere is an increasing recognition that there is a class of problems that society must solve urgently in the twenty-first century if humanity is to survive into the twentysecond century—the so-called ‘Grand Challenges’. Science policymakers have been active in recognising these challenges and the attendant need to develop new multidisciplinary ways of working. But embracing multidisciplinarity is not a straightforward choice for scientists, who individually are strongly steered by norms and values inculcated through their past scientific experiences. In this paper, therefore, we ask whether new funding approaches can contribute to creating new ways of working by scientists towards challenge-driven research, specifically by changing scientists’ expectations and beliefs. We address this research question with reference to a single new experimental method, the ‘research sandpit’, implemented experimentally in a single national science system, Norway. Our data are derived from interviews with scientists involved in the five research projects funded as a result of the first sandpit, called ‘Idélab’ (idea lab) and held in 2014, and with the Research Council of Norway. We conclude that the sandpit approach appeared to shift research perceptions of individual scientists, particularly around long-term belief structures. This implies that, when well managed, the sandpit model can indeed be useful to generate multidisciplinary research as part of a multifaceted approach to funding scientific research.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionPublished version, licenced <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. </a> Source at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0105-9>https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0105-9. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaxwell, K. & Benneworth, P. (2018). The construction of new scientific norms for solving Grand Challenges. <i>Palgrave Communications</i>, 4:52. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0105-9en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1583878
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41599-018-0105-9
dc.identifier.issn2055-1045
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15294
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanen_US
dc.relation.journalPalgrave Communications
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/NANO2021/238852/Norway/Idélab Fellowship Project//en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectpolitics and international relationsen_US
dc.subjectscience, technology and societyen_US
dc.subjectsocial policyen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210en_US
dc.titleThe construction of new scientific norms for solving Grand Challengesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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