Novel, original, and business as usual: Contributing in the humanities

• Published in: Arts and humanities in higher education Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 339 - 357
• Main Author: Hellström, Tomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Annan samhällsvetenskap; Content Analysis; contribution; evaluation; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; funding; Humanities; impact; Other Social Sciences; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Research Proposals; Samhällsvetenskap; Social Sciences; STEM Education; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap; Sweden; evaluation; Humanities; funding; contribution; research; impact

This paper focuses on how contributions are argued in research proposals in the humanities. Due to standardizing tendencies in research funding towards formats characteristic of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, there has been concern that the humanities are marginali...