ABSTRACT

University systems with a high level of academic inbreeding tend to be closed to attracting (inter)national talent, while instead prioritizing retention of the human factor in the institution and the stabilization and continuity of internal bureaucratic dynamics. The literature suggests that levels of academic inbreeding depend on both institutional and structural factors within the universities themselves, as well as contextual factors in the country and/or region. In this study, we empirically analyse the causal relationship between levels of academic inbreeding at Spanish public universities and the characteristics of the university context and their institutional features. Our results show that the variables that most influence the level of endogamy of Spanish public universities are their age and their specialization by field of knowledge. Furthermore, the academic inbreeding in Spain seems more related to the chair-holding dynamics by which professors gain power than to any other factor.

摘要

具有高水平学术近亲繁殖的大学系统往往不吸引（国际）国家人才，而优先考虑保留机构中的人为因素以及内部官僚动态的稳定和连续性。文献表明，学术近亲繁殖的水平取决于大学本身的制度和结构因素，以及国家和/或地区的背景因素。在这项研究中，我们实证分析了西班牙公立大学学术近亲繁殖水平与大学环境特征及其制度特征之间的因果关系。我们的研究结果表明，对西班牙公立大学内婚水平影响最大的变量是他们的年龄和他们在知识领域的专业化。