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宗教改革的赢家与输家：欧洲大学网络分析
Winners and Losers from the Protestant Reformation: An Analysis of the Network of European Universities
摘要
Using a new database of European academics, we build a network of universities that is based on professors’ mobility. We describe how the network was altered following the Protestant Reformation. We focus on fragmentation and on universities’ centrality. Dyadic regressions confirm that geography and vernacular languages were important for mobility, but did not substitute for religion. We compare simulated networks with and without religious identity. Most universities lose centrality in the simulated religious network compared to the non-religious one. As publications per university are correlated with centrality, the loss of connectedness of many universities after the Reformation contributed to their scientific decline.
中文摘要
基于欧洲学者新数据库，我们构建了以教授流动为基础的大学网络，并描述了宗教改革后该网络的变化。研究聚焦于网络碎片化与大学中心性。二元回归分析证实，地理因素与地方语言对学者流动具有重要影响，但并未取代宗教的作用。通过对比含宗教身份与不含宗教身份的模拟网络，发现多数大学在含宗教身份的模拟网络中中心性低于不含宗教身份的网络。由于大学论文发表数量与中心性相关，宗教改革后众多大学连通性的下降导致了其科学地位的衰落。