00999nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260004400043100002000087700001600107700002000123700001600143245001700159856004800176300001100224520056000235022002200795       2019                            d  bSpringer International PublishingaCham1 aLisa Börjesson1 aIsto Huvila1 aLisa Börjesson1 aIsto Huvila00aIntroduction  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94177-6_1  a1–193 aResearch takes place in a variety of organizations throughout the society. In contrast to university-based research, considerably less has been written about research and its informational premises and conditions outside academia. This introductory chapter introduces the edited volume on research outside academia and asks what is research, who are engaged in it and why, how knowledge making works, what challenges and opportunities there are, how research informs and how it is informed by different actors and sources in extra-academic institutions.
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