Co to są ‘nauki socjologiczne’ w polskiej klasyfikacji dziedzin i dyscyplin naukowych? Analiza konsekwencji decyzji biurokratycznych
The Meaning of „Sociological Sciences” in the New Polish Classification of Science Domains and Fields: An Analysis of the Bureaucratic Decisions’ Consequences

Summary/Abstract: The new Classification of Science Domains and Fields (CSDF), introduced by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2018, was supposed to correspond to the Fields of Science (FOS, OECD). However, CSDF and FOS differ substantively: CSDF introduces, among others, the term “sociological sciences” encompassing sociology and family studies. In Poland, research and teaching in family studies is conducted mainly in the framework of catholic social sciences, at the theological departments of universities. Analyses of both the publication opportunities (available publication outlets) and the publication practice (where scholarly work is published) show that family studies, as developed in Poland, have very little in common with sociology. The results of these analyses are assessed through the lens of the recently introduced policy that makes publication productivity a key criterion for the evaluation of science fields. With sociology and family studies treated as a single field, this model of evaluation will have detrimental effects for sociologists.

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