Understanding the infrastructure of European Research Infrastructures: the case of the European Social Survey
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Understanding the infrastructure of European Research Infrastructures : the case of the European Social Survey. / Lindstrøm, Maria Duclos; Kropp, Kristoffer.
I: Science and Public Policy, Bind 44, Nr. 6, 2017, s. 855-864.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Understanding the infrastructure of European Research Infrastructures
T2 - the case of the European Social Survey
AU - Lindstrøm, Maria Duclos
AU - Kropp, Kristoffer
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) are a new form of legal and financial framework for the establishment and operation of research infrastructures in Europe. Despite their scope, ambition and novelty, the topic has received limited scholarly attention. This paper analyses one ERIC within the social sciences – the European Social Survey (ESS). We observe that the ESS experienced a decline in the number of participating countries upon its acquisition of ERIC status. We explore the links between methodological, organisational and financial elements in the process through which the ESS became an ERIC using the Bowker and Star’s sociology of infrastructures. We conclude that focusing on ERICs as a European standard for organising and funding research collaboration gives new insights into the problems of membership, durability and standardisation faced by research infrastructures. It is also a promising theoretical framework for addressing the relationship between the ERIC-construct and the large diversity of European Research Infrastructures.
AB - European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) are a new form of legal and financial framework for the establishment and operation of research infrastructures in Europe. Despite their scope, ambition and novelty, the topic has received limited scholarly attention. This paper analyses one ERIC within the social sciences – the European Social Survey (ESS). We observe that the ESS experienced a decline in the number of participating countries upon its acquisition of ERIC status. We explore the links between methodological, organisational and financial elements in the process through which the ESS became an ERIC using the Bowker and Star’s sociology of infrastructures. We conclude that focusing on ERICs as a European standard for organising and funding research collaboration gives new insights into the problems of membership, durability and standardisation faced by research infrastructures. It is also a promising theoretical framework for addressing the relationship between the ERIC-construct and the large diversity of European Research Infrastructures.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Infrastructure; research infrastructures; ERIC; standard; funding; EU research policy; social surveys.
U2 - 10.1093/scipol/scx018
DO - 10.1093/scipol/scx018
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 855
EP - 864
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
SN - 0302-3427
IS - 6
ER -
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