Academic Times: Contesting the Chronopolitics of Research - Couverture souple

Felt, Ulrike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9819646111 ISBN 13 : 9789819646111

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

This open access book explores the hidden politics of time—the chronopolitics—that profoundly shapes the contours of academic life and knowledge production in contemporary universities. Moving beyond familiar critiques of academic acceleration, Ulrike Felt explores the diversity of time generators and the resultant complex, multilayered timescapes that govern scholarly work and life. The book examines the tensions inherent in models of linear careers and in simultaneous experiences of speed and waiting, and asks questions about the ownership of time. In doing so, it scrutinizes relations between time and quality, and points to the impact of time on how and what we can know, revealing how these temporal regimes create deep asynchronicities and fragmentations and perpetuate injustices and exclusions. Arguing for a more mindful approach to research, Felt advocates for rethinking academia through the lens of time, emphasizing the need for temporal care work in order to achieve sustainable and responsible change. Aimed at researchers, academic leaders, and policymakers, the book offers a compelling vision for a more responsive, long-term, and equitable academic future—one that challenges neoliberal models that prioritise speed, competitiveness, and efficiency.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ulrike Felt is professor and head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) as well as of the interfaculty research platform ‘Responsible research and innovation in academic practice’ at University of Vienna, Austria.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9819646111
• ISBN 13: 9789819646111
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444
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