The current themed issue came about by chance. A number of manuscripts examining academic lives and cultures came through Social Studies of Science’s review process at roughly the same time, and have been grouped together here. This introduction briefly describes some of their themes, and connects them with some other articles recently published in this journal, to broaden virtually the themed issue so as to represent some of the current work on the topic.
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HackettEJ (2005) Essential tensions: Identity, control and risk in research. Social Studies of Science35(5): 785–826.
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HamannJ (2019) The making of professors: Assessment and recognition in academic recruitment. Social Studies of Science49(6): 919–941.
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HarshMHoldenKWetmoreJ, et al. (2019) Situating science in Africa: The dynamics of computing research in Nairobi and Kampala. Social Studies of Science49(1): 52–76.
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MirowskiP (2018) The future(s) of open science. Social Studies of Science48(2): 171–203.
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PfotenhauerSJasanoffS (2017) Panacea or diagnosis: Imaginaries of imagination and the ‘MIT model’ in three political cultures. Social Studies of Science47(6): 783–810.
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PhilippsAWeißenbornL (2019) Unconventional ideas conventionally arranged: A study of grant proposals for exceptional research. Social Studies of Science49(6): 884–897.
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YairG (2019) Culture counts more than money: Israeli critiques of German science. Social Studies of Science49(6): 898–918.
