The profile of CNPq research productivity grantees in Sociology

Abstract

The article aims to present and analyze the academic field of CNPq research productivity grantees (PQs) in Sociology in Brazil. The work draws on literature review and a quantitative descriptive study on research grantees in Brazil based on a theoretical framework that considers the implications of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of academic and scientific field. The study inquires into the process of becoming a PQ grantee in Brazil; analyzes the profile of PQ grantees in the field of sociology and discusses the case of CNPq level 1A research productivity grantees in sociology, the highest stratum of researchers’ productivity.

Keywords
academic production; productivity fellows; academic field