How Emotions Make Knowledge: Understanding Emotional Cultures in Science
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| Název: | How Emotions Make Knowledge: Understanding Emotional Cultures in Science |
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| Autoři: | Lucas Brunet, Ruth Müller |
| Zdroj: | Sociologica, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp 123-138 (2025) |
| Informace o vydavateli: | University of Bologna, 2025. |
| Rok vydání: | 2025 |
| Sbírka: | LCC:Social Sciences LCC:Sociology (General) |
| Témata: | emotional cultures, research funding, anxiety, epistemic cultures, science and technology studies (sts), Social Sciences, Sociology (General), HM401-1281 |
| Popis: | The formalization of research excellence and the emphasis on addressing societal challenges have not only reshaped how researchers conceptualize their work but have also transformed their emotional experiences. Drawing on insights from Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the Sociology of Emotions, we introduce the concept of emotional cultures to explore how shared emotional norms and practices shape the professional lives of researchers. By reexamining our previous work, we identify three distinct emotional cultures in academia: an emotional culture of anxiety, prevalent among early-career researchers who face competitive, precarious job markets, and experience continuous acceleration, leading to exhaustion and vulnerability; an emotional culture of eco-anxiety, common among ecological scientists who are deeply concerned about environmental crises, and who develop strategies to cope with their distress; and an emotional culture of hype and opportunism which characterizes grant application processes, while contrasting with a culture of excitement and restraint during evaluations for research funding. The concept of emotional cultures demonstrates that researchers inhabit epistemic cultures, that are inherently emotional, requiring them to continuously regulate emotions in their professional roles. Importantly, it underlines the role of collective emotions in shaping the conduct of researchers and the lived experience of academic work. |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| Popis souboru: | electronic resource |
| Jazyk: | English |
| ISSN: | 1971-8853 |
| Relation: | https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/21071; https://doaj.org/toc/1971-8853 |
| DOI: | 10.6092/issn.1971-8853/21071 |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://doaj.org/article/f4a68213e15f4fee96fdf62f8a586d8d |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsdoj.f4a68213e15f4fee96fdf62f8a586d8d |
| Databáze: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | The formalization of research excellence and the emphasis on addressing societal challenges have not only reshaped how researchers conceptualize their work but have also transformed their emotional experiences. Drawing on insights from Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the Sociology of Emotions, we introduce the concept of emotional cultures to explore how shared emotional norms and practices shape the professional lives of researchers. By reexamining our previous work, we identify three distinct emotional cultures in academia: an emotional culture of anxiety, prevalent among early-career researchers who face competitive, precarious job markets, and experience continuous acceleration, leading to exhaustion and vulnerability; an emotional culture of eco-anxiety, common among ecological scientists who are deeply concerned about environmental crises, and who develop strategies to cope with their distress; and an emotional culture of hype and opportunism which characterizes grant application processes, while contrasting with a culture of excitement and restraint during evaluations for research funding. The concept of emotional cultures demonstrates that researchers inhabit epistemic cultures, that are inherently emotional, requiring them to continuously regulate emotions in their professional roles. Importantly, it underlines the role of collective emotions in shaping the conduct of researchers and the lived experience of academic work. |
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| ISSN: | 19718853 |
| DOI: | 10.6092/issn.1971-8853/21071 |