Research Funding Crises and the Future of the University

Session Submission Type: Invited Session (90 minute)

Description

This panel explores the central questions facing universities and research sponsors at a time when long-standing relations of dependence between the academy, industry, and government are in crisis. Panelists will apply their expertise to explore everything from micro-level questions of how research collaborations are shifting to macro-level concerns about the changing role institutions play in shaping the political economy of research and development. In the process, the panel will consider what the future may hold for how universities balance their research activities with other dimensions of their mission, such as education, training, and employment.

Sub Unit

• Special Session

Presider

• Natalie B. Aviles, University of Virginia

Panelists

• Janet Vertesi, Princeton University

• Mitchell L. Stevens, Stanford University

• Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Charlie Eaton, University of California-Merced

Session Organizer

• Natalie B. Aviles, University of Virginia