Study title

Interviews of the Academy of Finland Research Professors 1994-1996

Dataset ID Number

FSD2757

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2757
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2757

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere. Research Institute for Social Sciences)
• Alestalo, Marja (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)

Abstract

The data consist of 58 transcribed interviews of Academy of Finland Research Professors (nowadays Academy Professors) who held the post between 1975 and 1995.

A permeating theme in the interviews was the internationalization of Finnish scientific research. Discussions covered the impact of the focus areas chosen in Finnish research policy, i.e. internationalization and advancing high-level research, on the interviewees' fields of study. Other topics included the interviewees' research careers, choosing research topics, and the procedure involved in appointing a Research Professor.

The interviewees were selected through judgment sampling. The accuracy of transcriptions made from interview recordings varied between interviews and topics. Some topics were not transcribed at all.

Background variables included the interviewee's name, year of birth, field of study and organization.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

career; career development; elite; globalization; higher education institutions; research; research workers; science; science policy; scientific personnel

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social and occupational mobility (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elites and leadership (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere. Research Institute for Social Sciences)
• Alestalo, Marja (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)

Time Period Covered

1975 – 1995

Collection Dates

1994-04 – 1996-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons who held the post of Research Professor in the Academy of Finland between 1975 and 1995

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Invitations to participate in the study were sent to potential participants by email or letter.

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

Transcripts of 58 interviews in RTF and HTML file formats.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Some of the transcripts were missing the question-answer division. This division was added to the interviews automatically by adding 'interviewer' and 'interviewee' at the beginning of each speaker turn. Some of the questions were not transcribed at all.

Interviews were conducted with 61 research professors and the data contains 58 of them. Three interviewees did not allow their interviews to be archived.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere) & Alestalo, Marja (University of Helsinki): Interviews of the Academy of Finland Research Professors 1994-1996 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2014-10-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2757

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Alestalo, Marja 1996. Tiede-eliitin valta ja vastuu. Teoksessa Börje Helenius, Esa Hämäläinen & Juha Tuunainen (toim.) Kohti McDonald's -yliopistoa? Näkökulmia suomalaiseen korkeakoulu- ja tiedepolitiikkaan. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, Helsinki, 246-280.

Hakala, Johanna 1998. Internationalisation of Science. Views of the Scientific Elite in Finland. Science Studies Vol, 11 (1), 52-74.

Häikiö, Martti ja Ylitalo, Essi: Bit Bang. Yrjö Neuvo ja digitaalinen kumous. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 2013.