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There, across the border – political scientists and their boundary-crossing work

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  • Pierre Squevin

    (University of Oslo)

  • Valérie Pattyn

    (Leiden University)

  • Jens Jungblut

    (University of Oslo)

  • Sonja Blum

    (Bielefeld University)

Abstract

Scholars may be diversely engaged in boundary-crossing work, either staying more confined in academic settings, or reaching out to the policy world. Despite growing theoretical attention, there is little empirical knowledge on the extent to which scholars indeed engage in boundary-crossing activities, and the conditions that foster or jeopardize this. We use original survey data from European political scientists to investigate how frequently they ‘travel’ to the policy world, what patterns of engagement are visible, and how these are determined. The article introduces a typology capturing different boundary-crossing profiles and shows that political scientists are rather frequent travelers across the border between academia and the policy world. Yet, individual characteristics matter. Having (had) a position outside of academia has an especially strong effect on the likelihood of boundary-crossing. Our results also reveal that not every scholar has the same chance to be involved, depending on gender or seniority.

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  • Pierre Squevin & Valérie Pattyn & Jens Jungblut & Sonja Blum, 2024. "There, across the border – political scientists and their boundary-crossing work," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 57(2), pages 437-457, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:policy:v:57:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s11077-024-09530-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09530-z
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