Modeling Scientists as Agents. How Scientists Cope with the Challenges of the New Public Management of Science

Marc Mölders (), Robin D. Fink () and Johannes Weyer ()
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Marc Mölders: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/personen/moelders/
Robin D. Fink: http://www.wiso.tu-dortmund.de/ts
Johannes Weyer: http://www.wiso.tu-dortmund.de/wiso/ts/en/chair/team/PROFESSOR/TS-JOWE.html

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2011, vol. 14, issue 4, 6

Abstract: The paper at hand applies agent-based modeling and simulations (ABMS) as a tool to reconstruct and to analyze how the science system works. A Luhmannian systems perspective is combined with a model of decision making of individual actors. Additionally, changes in the socio-political context of science, such as the introduction of „new public management", are considered as factors affecting the functionality of the system as well as the decisions of individual scientists (e.g. where to publish their papers). Computer simulation helps to understand the complex interplay of developments at the macro (system) and the micro (actor) level.

Keywords: Systems Theory; Theory of Action and Decision Making; Academic Publication System; Science System; New Public Management; Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10-31
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