The evolution of fossil fuel industry tactics for obstructing climate action, from outright denial of climate change to more subtle techniques of delay, is under growing scrutiny. One key site of ongoing climate obstructionism identified by researchers, journalists, and advocates is higher education. Scholars have exhaustively documented how industry‐sponsored academic research tends to bias scholarship in favor of tobacco, pharmaceutical, food, sugar, lead, and other industries, but the contemporary influence of fossil fuel interests on higher education has received relatively little academic attention. We report the first literature review of academic and civil society investigations into fossil fuel industry ties to higher education in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. We find that universities are an established yet under‐researched vehicle of climate obstruction by the fossil fuel industry, and that universities' lack of transparency about their partnerships with this industry poses a challenge to empirical research. We propose a research agenda of topical and methodological directions for future analyses of the prevalence and consequences of fossil fuel industry–university partnerships, and responses to them.This article is categorized under: Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Decision Making Climate, Nature, and Ethics > Ethics and Climate Change Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Sociology/Anthropology of Climate Knowledge Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Social Movements

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化石燃料行业对高等教育的影响：回顾和研究议程


化石燃料行业阻碍气候行动的策略的演变，从彻底否认气候变化到更微妙的拖延技术，正受到越来越多的审查。研究人员、记者和倡导者认为，持续存在的气候阻碍主义的一个关键场所是高等教育。学者们已经详尽地记录了行业资助的学术研究如何倾向于使学术偏向于烟草、制药、食品、糖、铅和其他行业，但化石燃料兴趣对高等教育的当代影响相对较少受到学术关注。我们报告了关于美国、英国、加拿大和澳大利亚化石燃料行业与高等教育联系的学术界和民间社会调查的第一份文献综述。我们发现，大学是化石燃料行业阻碍气候变化的一个既定但研究不足的工具，大学与该行业的合作关系缺乏透明度，这对实证研究提出了挑战。我们提出了一个主题和方法方向的研究议程，用于未来分析化石燃料工业与大学伙伴关系的普遍性和后果以及对此的回应。本文分类如下：气候变化知识的社会地位％3E气候科学与决策气候、自然和伦理 > 伦理与气候变化 气候变化社会状况知识 > 气候社会学/人类学知识 气候变化社会状况知识 > 气候科学和社会运动