Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion : The Case of SSH
(2020) In Minerva 58(3). p.389-407- Abstract
Project funding rarely demands much change on behalf of the recipient. In contrast, cross-sectoral mobility funding requires recipients to change their environment and often some aspects of their research. There is a need to understand the impact on the researchers’ experiences as knowledge producers within such programs, as part of the broader potential and significance of cross-sectoral mobility funding. This study draws on interviews with participants of the Swedish ‘Flexit’ program in order to develop a framework for assessing the dynamics and efficacy of such funding instruments. To do this, we develop a framework for understanding their cognitive effects; especially their ‘immersive’ potential, i.e., their ability to naturally... (More)
Project funding rarely demands much change on behalf of the recipient. In contrast, cross-sectoral mobility funding requires recipients to change their environment and often some aspects of their research. There is a need to understand the impact on the researchers’ experiences as knowledge producers within such programs, as part of the broader potential and significance of cross-sectoral mobility funding. This study draws on interviews with participants of the Swedish ‘Flexit’ program in order to develop a framework for assessing the dynamics and efficacy of such funding instruments. To do this, we develop a framework for understanding their cognitive effects; especially their ‘immersive’ potential, i.e., their ability to naturally involve the participant in their new setting. It proposes two dimensions along which such an assessment can take place: how the instrument challenges participants’ knowledge production practices, and the level of immersion that participants are subject to as part of the program.
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- author
- Hellström, Tomas LU and Hellström, Christina
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Experience, Funding instrument, Immersive, Impact, Methodology, Research funding, SSH
- in
- Minerva
- volume
- 58
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 19 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85081621073
- ISSN
- 0026-4695
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11024-020-09398-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 09e069e9-eb2d-4578-9438-e18718d469e5
- date added to LUP
- 2020-04-10 13:35:29
- date last changed
- 2020-12-09 15:08:54
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title = {Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion : The Case of SSH},
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doi = {10.1007/s11024-020-09398-2},
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