Aineiston nimi

Interviews of Finnish Sociologists 1978-1981

Aineistonumero

FSD2775

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2775

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Rautio, Pertti (University of Kuopio. Department of Social Psychology and Sociology)
• Suhonen, Pertti (University of Tampere. School of Communication, Media and Theatre)

Sisällön kuvaus

The qualitative interview study focused on the research career of the most important sociologists in Finland in the time period of 1978-1981. The data consist of 30 interview transcripts. Research careers were studied stage by stage, from the start of sociology studies to research activities at the time of the interview.

The interviews charted what had made the sociologists to choose sociology, who had had most influence on their studies and research, doctoral thesis process, reactions to the thesis, subsequent career, what factors influenced their choice of research themes, their international cooperation networks, and key publication and information source channels.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Asiasanat

career; career development; higher education institutions; research; research workers; scientific cooperation; scientific personnel; social research; sociology

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Higher and further education (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Rautio, Pertti (University of Kuopio. Department of Social Psychology and Sociology)
• Suhonen, Pertti (University of Tampere. School of Communication, Media and Theatre)
• Piispa, Matti (National Institute for Health and Welfare)

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

1978-09 – 1981-10

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Key sociologists in Finland in the period 1978-1981

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Purposive

The aim was to select all key persons in the field of sociology in Finland to be interviewed. Invitations to particpate in the study were sent to these people by post.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Face-to-face interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Interview scheme and/or themes

Aineiston määrä

Transcripts of 30 interviews in RTF and PDF file formats. Additionally, a separate HTML version based on the RTF files.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Original paper transcripts were digitised into picture format and then converted into PDF file format. Separate RTF files are also available.

Some original interview questions are missing from the data. Two interviews are not included in the data because one interviewee could not be reached for consent and one did not allow archiving of the interview.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Kaukonen, Erkki (University of Tampere) & Rautio, Pertti (University of Kuopio) & Suhonen, Pertti (University of Tampere): Interviews of Finnish Sociologists 1978-1981 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2014-08-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2775

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Pertti Suhonen & Pertti Rautio (toim.) 1978. Tieteellinen kommunikaatio ja tieteen kehitys: kolme artikkelia. Tampereen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden tutkimuslaitos. Sarja E. Katsauksia ja keskusteluja, 7.

Kaukonen, Erkki: Suomalainen sosiologia tieteentutkimuksen valossa (Finnish sociology from the perspective of science studies). Sosiologia, 21, 2, 1984, s. 128-138.

Fuhrman, Ellsworth R. & Kaukonen, Erkki: On the circulation and legitimation of social science knowledge: the case of Finnish sociology. Social Epistemology, 2, 1, 1988, s. 43-59.