The involvement of non-academics in academic research is key to boosting knowledge
exchange and ensuring that academic research is more effective in contributing to tackling …

This article builds on the concept of nested hybridity. It emphasizes professional practices
and organizational design in studying hybridity of steering and management of professional …

Recently, a number of inbreeding cases have surfaced that have fuelled public criticism of
recruitment practices and the lack of mobility in the Swedish higher education sector. This …

This article maps the management actions that Finnish universities have taken during the
COVID-19 pandemic and studies how managers in Finnish higher education coped during …

According to the European Commission's Modernisation Agenda, higher education's role as
a driver of social and economic progress means that higher education institutions are crucial …

Historically speaking, universities have been found to be highly resilient organizational
forms. Since their inception in Europe in the middle ages, they have been able to adopt new …

In this paper we investigate the practices and capacities that define successful societal
interaction of research groups with stakeholders in mutually beneficial processes. We …

In the current turbulent higher education environment, academic work and career building
are in a state of flux. The implementation of the principles of New Public Management have …

Purpose This paper examines the ways in which Chinese university middle managers
evaluate subordinate performance in response to the Chinese Double First-Class University …

As the chapters in this volume have shown, resilience is a multifaceted and malleable
concept that can be fruitfully applied to a wide range of phenomena at all levels of society. At …