"producer of knowledge" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone who is an expert and has a great understanding and knowledge in a particular area of study. For example, "Her nine years of experience as a professor has made her a well-respected producer of knowledge in the field of history."
Do you think we are seeing a change in the role of the scientist from disinterested producer of knowledge, to one that by necessity also includes public advocacy (we see this in particular in response to external attacks on science by the politically and financially motivated).
Your question about the role of the scientist and 'advocacy' is a great one, and its something I explore particularly in the epilogue of the book, where I describe my own evolution from, as you say, a 'disinterested producer of knowledge' to an 'advocate' of sorts.
So, at the end of a decade of thesis-writing, many humanities students leave the profession to do something for which they have not been trained.The key to reforming higher education, concludes Mr Menand, is to alter the way in which "the producers of knowledge are produced".
It lies in the way that the producers of knowledge are produced.
"All these sectors of learning, research, thought, social ties, producers of knowledge and public debate are today the target of massive attacks, evidence of a new government anti-intellectualism," said the petition, which was widely circulated by e-mail.
So disciplines acquire a monopoly not just over the production of knowledge, but also over the production of the producers of knowledge.No disciplines have seized on professionalism with as much enthusiasm as the humanities.
We are relentless producers of knowledge, without being too blinkered (narrow or limited).
Young scientists, as producers of knowledge, have a key function in increasing communication with the public.
The focus is on universities, because they are the principal regional producers of knowledge up to now.
They are seen as 'active producers of knowledge' as they become responsible for their learning (McLoughlin & Lee, 2008).
Grounded in empirical evidence, we propose that knowledge ecosystems consist of users and producers of knowledge that are organized around a joint knowledge search.
