The Social Production of Research

'This insightful book offers a critical multi-level account of the institutional complexity of ever-changing research funding conditions across Canada, Finland, Sweden and the UK. The work provides a fresh look at the gendered repercussions of external research funding imperatives and thus is a must-read for higher education policymakers, managers and researchers alike.' – Liudvika Leišytė, Professor of Higher Education, TU Dortmund University, Germany 'Shines a powerful light on unexamined gender dynamics of who – and what – secures research funding and how this contours academic lives and careers. Essential reading for everyone invested in understanding inequalities in knowledge production and how such inequalities can be challenged.' – Dr Maddie Breeze, Public Sociology, Queen Margaret University, UK 'In an era marked by a global competition based on publications and growing concerns for equity, diversity and inclusion, a nuanced and detailed exploration of the links between research funding and gender is more than necessary. Drawing on a diversity of qualitative approaches, these 23 respected scholars with varied expertise and experiences have produced an insightful comparative work structured around compelling themes such as stability and change, care and conflict, and funding and defunding. I strongly recommend The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender to all current academics, future academics, and reflective practitioners, whether they work in granting agencies, government, higher education institutions or unions.' – Dr Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Université de Montréal, Canada 'Acquiring competitive research funding is a must in today’s hypercompetitive academia. The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender explores the deeply gendered dynamics and experiences of that endeavour. This insightful book should be on the reading list of all higher education scholars and leaders.' – Terhi Nokkala, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, Finland 'This book provides a broad and up-to-date account of gender and research funding by drawing attention to the gendered dimensions of the neoliberal research funding context. The use of qualitative methods makes it an important complement to existing bibliometric studies on the connection of gender and funding.' – Charlotte Silander, Linnaeus University, Sweden