TY - JOUR
T1 - Making Sense of Science, University, and Industry
T2 - Sensemaking Narratives of Finnish and Israeli Scientists
AU - Mäkinen, Elina I.
AU - Sapir, Adi
N1 - Funding Information:
Open access funding provided by Tampere University including Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI). Data collection in Finland was funded by the Foundation for Economic Education (in Finnish, Liikesivistysrahasto).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Academic entrepreneurship and the commercialization of science have transformed higher education in recent decades. Although there is ample research on the topic, less is known about how individual scientists experience and perceive the transformation. Drawing on a narratological approach to sensemaking, this study examines how entrepreneurial scientists in Finland and Israel make sense of and narrate the perceived changes in the interface between science, university, and industry. An analysis of 53 semi-structured interviews reveals three sensemaking narratives demonstrating how scientists’ interactions with the industry have engendered perceived shifts in ‘regimes of value’ in universities. These narratives focus on: (1) bi-directional learning between academy and industry; (2) the use of new valuation devices and practices; and (3) changing relationships between scientists and universities. Our findings advance research on academic entrepreneurship by highlighting the coexisting regimes of value and the consequences they have for science, value, and power.
AB - Academic entrepreneurship and the commercialization of science have transformed higher education in recent decades. Although there is ample research on the topic, less is known about how individual scientists experience and perceive the transformation. Drawing on a narratological approach to sensemaking, this study examines how entrepreneurial scientists in Finland and Israel make sense of and narrate the perceived changes in the interface between science, university, and industry. An analysis of 53 semi-structured interviews reveals three sensemaking narratives demonstrating how scientists’ interactions with the industry have engendered perceived shifts in ‘regimes of value’ in universities. These narratives focus on: (1) bi-directional learning between academy and industry; (2) the use of new valuation devices and practices; and (3) changing relationships between scientists and universities. Our findings advance research on academic entrepreneurship by highlighting the coexisting regimes of value and the consequences they have for science, value, and power.
KW - Academic entrepreneurship
KW - Commercialization of science
KW - Entrepreneurial scientist
KW - Sensemaking narratives
U2 - 10.1007/s11024-022-09485-6
DO - 10.1007/s11024-022-09485-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146923496
SN - 0026-4695
VL - 61
SP - 175
EP - 198
JO - MINERVA
JF - MINERVA
IS - 2
ER -