Several university alliances have been established in Europe in an attempt to influence the
development of policies in research and education. As such, these alliances can be seen as …

Abstract The European Union (EU) has repeatedly underlined the importance of higher
education, research and innovation as drivers in the further development of Europe …

Abstract The European University Initiative (EUI)–launched by the European Commission in
2018 has been received with considerable interest from higher education institutions in …

Alliances are a longstanding feature of the higher education landscape. The Universities
Bureau of the British Empire represents an early example which was founded in 1913 and …

The subject of this book is the institutional dynamics of the European University. We are
interested in how this institution is affected by ongoing processes of European integration …

How effective is EU cooperation in higher education? This article treats the issue as one of
effectiveness in policy‐making. What are the policy ideas which the EU wishes to feed into a …

The general aim of this volume is to contribute to an improved analytical framework and
empirical basis for understanding the processes, determinants, and consequences of …

In times when excellence is at the top of the research agenda of all research and innovation
policies, especially in Europe, research universities are the implicit reference model of most …

Drawing upon French philosophy, this study offers a novel empirical and conceptual
understanding of the newly launched European Universities Initiative. In 2019, higher …

The vision of a University as an instrument for shifting national political agendas represents
a specific kind of instrumentality, that is, the University as used by democratically elected …