从“高塔”到“广场”:风险社会中的大学组织变革

From“High Tower”to“Square”:University Organizational Change in Risk Society

什么样的学术组织形态能够更有效地开展应对重大公共危机的科学研究?根据斯托克斯的“科学研究的象限模型”,可以将这类研究大致归于巴斯德象限即应用引发的基础研究。相较于“高塔”体系结构性地削弱了科研力量介入公共危机的能力,“广场”结构的国家高等教育组织体系由于具有网络化和去科层化的组织特点,更适合于处理巴斯德象限的研究活动与相应的学术知识类型。这意味着像新冠肺炎疫情这样的重大公共危机虽是偶发事件,但反映了未来科学研究形态对大学组织变革的要求。

What kind of academic organization can more effectively carry out scientific research in response to major public crises?According to Stokes s“quadrant model of scientific research”,this type of research is roughly attributed to the Pasteur s Quadrant,that is,basic research triggered by applications.The“High Tower”system structurally weakened the ability of scientific research forces to intervene in public crises.The“square”structure of the national higher education system is due to the organizational characteristics of networking and de-bureaucratization are more suitable for handling research activities and corresponding types of academic knowledge in the Pasteur quadrant.This means that major public crises like the COVID-19 epidemic are incidents,but they reflect the requirements of future scientific research patterns for university organizational reform.