化学中的身份发展:作为 (被认为) 一个"真正"的化学家的社会功能和道德意义
Giselle Castano1,2, Remy Dou3, Ngan Linh1
1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States.
JACS Au
|September 26, 2025
概括
化学的专业身份定义很狭,排除了许多专家. 这项研究揭示了"纯化学家"的刻板印象,这阻碍了化学科学的跨学科合作和多样性.
科学领域:
- 化学 化学 化学
- 科学社会学科学社会学
- 专业身份研究 专业身份研究
背景情况:
- 化学在跨学科领域的扩展需要了解专业身份建设.
- 职业发展和现场动态受化学家如何看待他们的职业角色的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究不同教育和专业水平的个人如何定义和描述他们的化学身份.
- 探索这些特征对自我认同和同行评价的影响.
主要方法:
- 与43名本科生和化学专业人士进行半结构化采访.
- 包括来自学术,工业和政府部门的参与者.
- 通过社会身份理论的镜头分析了采访数据.
主要成果:
- 一个"纯化学家" (学术,分子层次的研究) 的刻板印象出现了,在这个领域创造了层次结构.
- 生物化学家,化学工程师和工业化学家经常被排除在外,基于"学术纯度"的理想.
- 化学的"中央科学"角色和排斥性的身份实践之间存在着紧张关系.
结论:
- 化学身份是通过道德主义实践构建的,这些实践边缘化了跨学科的工作.
- 作为保持科学完整性的排斥性做法,给多样性和保留带来了挑战.
- 重新思考化学身份对于促进包容性和接受该领域的跨学科性质至关重要.
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