Academic Fields, Funding, and Turbulent Times

How does change occur in academic fields? There is significant work on situations of a multisectoral crisis, such as “1968”, that trigger sudden disruptions in academic fields. In such cases, we see a multifaceted changing of the guard in generations, values, and beliefs. In addition, a great deal of attention has been given to “scientific revolutions” that entail changes of intellectual paradigms. Beyond these, academia can be described as a relatively autonomous social field based on stabl...