More than a decade as a senior cultural scientist

Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2023     |     PP. 501-516      |     PDF (1188 K)    |     Pub. Date: December 15, 2023
DOI: 10.54647/sociology841240    41 Downloads     173803 Views  

Author(s)

Anders Gustavsson, University of Oslo, Norway

Abstract
As a senior scientist I have had many fulfilled research years during the time 2011-2023. In this paper I want to highlight the way I was able to turn a problematically perceived situation, after being a retired scientist, by finding a new way of doing research that is still ongoing today. I am writing about this to encourage other scientists not to give up when facing a situation of being turned down when applying for funding or an academic position or being a pensioner. I also want to strike a blow so that managements at institutions within universities and colleges as well as ministries and politicians should see senior scientists as a research and mentoring resource in the future that must be taken care of, utilized and given reasonable research opportunities.

Keywords
Academic life, auto ethnography, interdisciplinary research, scientific academies, senior scientist

Cite this paper
Anders Gustavsson, More than a decade as a senior cultural scientist , SCIREA Journal of Sociology. Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2023 | PP. 501-516. 10.54647/sociology841240

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