Crowdfunding research has grown exponentially since the first academic papers in the field were published in 2013. This interpretivist study attempts to explain why academics worldwide have chosen to study crowdfunding. As no explicit theories currently exist to guide our research, we have relied on schooling and management fashion theories. Based on interviews with 30 crowdfunding scholars, we develop a model which interprets the underlying reasons why academics have chosen this research topic. Our results show that, beyond scientific reasons, career and socio-psychological reasons also explain why academics have chosen to research crowdfunding. By documenting both the scientific and non-scientific reasons why researchers study a certain topic, our findings contribute to the knowledge about the rationales behind scientific development in the fields of management, entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurship.

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解释众筹作为研究课题的学术兴趣

自该领域的第一篇学术论文于 2013 年发表以来，众筹研究呈指数级增长。这项解释主义研究试图解释为什么全世界的学者都选择研究众筹。由于目前没有明确的理论来指导我们的研究，我们依赖于学校教育和管理时尚理论。基于对 30 位众筹学者的采访，我们开发了一个模型来解释学者选择这个研究课题的根本原因。我们的研究结果表明，除了科学原因之外，职业和社会心理原因也解释了为什么学者选择研究众筹。通过记录研究人员研究某个主题的科学和非科学原因，