Institutional change in the natural sciences : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Business Studies in Management at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand /

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dc.contributor.authorDickson, Andrew Gordon
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-11T01:07:11Z
dc.date.available2018-01-11T01:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, a Centre of Research Excellence financed by the New Zealand Government's CoRE fund, which was established in 2001. The CoRE fund represented a change from traditional science funding in New Zealand. Its aim was to make use of existing networks of scientists, from several institutions and disciplines, to form new 'Centres of Research Excellence', independent from any existing institution, but made up of members who remained in their existing positions. The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether the formation of the Allan Wilson Centre has made a difference to the way its members carry out their science and, if so, how. To do this, an actor-network approach is used to analyse the various 'modes of ordering' the Centre, to make sense of the networks represented by it. The results show an interesting shift in the way that science is carried out in the Allan Wilson Centre in contrast to the pre-Centre form. Although the focus of the Centre remains firmly on the science they do, they now also interact regularly with the discourse of management in order to better 'do' and 'encourage' their science, creating new successes but also new tensions. The importance of this thesis is two-fold. First, it provides a mechanism through which to 'hear' the voice of the Allan Wilson Centre and its members; and second, it provides a means through which science policy makers can see how this particular policy mechanism may have changed the process of science.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12517
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectScience and stateen_US
dc.subjectEndowment of researchen_US
dc.subjectScience -- Research grantsen_US
dc.subjectAllan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolutionen_US
dc.titleInstitutional change in the natural sciences : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Business Studies in Management at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand /en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorDickson, Andrew Gordon
thesis.degree.disciplineManagementen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Business Studies (M. B. S.)en_US
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