Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245439 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9258
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Academics are increasingly expected to engage in public discussions. We study how engagement conditions affect academics' engagement attitudes via a survey experiment among 4,091 tenured professors in Germany. Consistent with the crowding-out of intrinsic motivation, we find lesspositive attitudes when emphasizing public authorities' demands and public expectations regarding science's societal relevance. Effects are particularly strong among professors endorsing science–society relations. Moreover, effects are similar when highlighting risks associated with engagement, but more pronounced for females, and absent when emphasizing public support for academics' engagement. We conclude that considering individual incentive structures and safeguarding against repercussions may promote academics' engagement.
Subjects: 
science communication
public engagement
professor
survey experiment
intrinsic motivation
JEL: 
I23
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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