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Tomas Hellström. Photo.

Tomas Hellström

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Tomas Hellström. Photo.

Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion : The Case of SSH

Author

  • Tomas Hellström
  • Christina Hellström

Summary, in English

Project funding rarely demands much change on behalf of the recipient. In contrast, cross-sectoral mobility funding requires recipients to change their environment and often some aspects of their research. There is a need to understand the impact on the researchers’ experiences as knowledge producers within such programs, as part of the broader potential and significance of cross-sectoral mobility funding. This study draws on interviews with participants of the Swedish ‘Flexit’ program in order to develop a framework for assessing the dynamics and efficacy of such funding instruments. To do this, we develop a framework for understanding their cognitive effects; especially their ‘immersive’ potential, i.e., their ability to naturally involve the participant in their new setting. It proposes two dimensions along which such an assessment can take place: how the instrument challenges participants’ knowledge production practices, and the level of immersion that participants are subject to as part of the program.

Department/s

  • Strategy

Publishing year

2020-09

Language

English

Pages

389-407

Publication/Series

Minerva

Volume

58

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Experience
  • Funding instrument
  • Immersive
  • Impact
  • Methodology
  • Research funding
  • SSH

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0026-4695