社会科学的生态学研究越来越不拘泥于传统的学术机构。由于知识生产受到短期倡议或政策需求的驱动,这就带来了风险:研究将强化而非挑战普遍的观点和价值观。高校研究与政策之间空间的缩小导致研究与行动主义之间界限的模糊,而行动主义曾是思想库的重要标志。 The ecological research in social sciences is becoming more and more unconventional in the traditional academic institutions. This poses the risk that knowledge production is driven by short-term initiatives or policy needs: research will reinforce rather than challenge common beliefs and values. The shrinking of space between research and policy in higher education has led to a vague distinction between research and activism, which was once an important hallmark of the think tank.