Value orientations and features of the scientific career of young scientists in various cities

Research Article
  • Elena N. Rassolova Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia enrassolova@gmail.com ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3637-5544
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    ResearchID AAJ-5888-2021
  • Konstantin A. Galkin Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia Kgalkin1989@mail.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6403-6083
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    ResearchID A-8784-2016
How to Cite
Rassolova E.N., Galkin K.A. Value orientations and features of the scientific career of young scientists in various cities. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 5. P. 89-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.5.7 (in Russ.).

Abstract

Objective of the study. The article discusses the features of the formation of values and the development of the scientific career of young scientists in different cities. The authors consid­er how different spaces and the peculiarities of the development of such spaces form both the meanings of a scientific career for young sci­entists and the value orientations of young sci­entists. The methodological basis of the research. As part of the study, the authors assess the role of the city as a center for the formation of a sci­entific career, as well as the formation of val­ues and the role of research and development in research among young scientists. The study also considers the integration of young scien­tists into the research environment and the fea­tures of such integration. Particular attention is paid to the meanings of a scientific career that young scientists invest in their development and research trajectories. In the conclusion of the study, the authors conclude about the influence  of the city on the career development and values of research and science in young scientists. The empirical basis of the research is 30 bio­graphical interviews with young scientists from different cities. In particular, from a young city and cities-large research centers (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny).   Research results. The study identifies the fea­tures of the local environment of cities and the formation of various tracks in the scientific career of young scientists. In the city - a large research center, the value orientations and ca­reers of young scientists can be presented in an already formed form. Prospects of the study. The problems of young cities, namely cities with emerging research in­frastructure, may be related to the fact that the “depersonalization” of science as a local social institution is caused by the fact that there is a discrepancy (contradiction) between the local and academic identity of research scientists who carry out their activities and live in the same ter­ritory at the current time.    
Keywords:
young scientists, science in a large city, science in a young city, value orientations of young scientists, career trajectories of young scientists

Author Biographies

Elena N. Rassolova, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia
Младший научный сотрудник
Konstantin A. Galkin, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia
Senior Researcher

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Article

Received: 28.07.2022

Accepted: 01.12.2022

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Rassolova, E. N., & Galkin, K. A. (2022). Value orientations and features of the scientific career of young scientists in various cities. Humanities of the South of Russia, 11(5), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.5.7
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MODERN SOCIETY