The dramatic salience of university rankings is usually attributed to a number of macro-level
trends, such as neoliberal ideology, the spread of audit culture, and globalization in the …

In this article, we introduce the special issue of Higher Education that centers on the
question of the institutionalization of rankings in higher education. The article has three …

When explaining the ubiquity of rankings, researchers tend to emphasize macro or
contextual phenomena, such as the power of or the trust in numbers, neoliberal forces, or a …

The article outlines ideas for a methodology of collaborative theorizing. The first part
introduces our understanding of theorizing as a craft that provides all scholars in the social …

The chapter discusses rankings as a device of evaluation, their historical origins and
contemporary presence. It draws attention to the growing scholarly interest rankings have …

Extant research conceptualizes rankings as measures that fundamentally shape modern life
by virtue of being publicly available. Yet, studies seldom explore the act of publishing when …

Konzepts Zusammenhänge verschiedener Wettbewerbe zueinander dar und erforschen
Wechselwirkungen zwischen ihnen. Denn die Teilnahme oder Nicht-Teilnahme an und die …

Dieser Beitrag rekonstruiert auf empirischer Grundlage die Feldstruktur soziologischer
Theoriestile der gegenwärtigen deutschsprachigen Soziologie und skizziert idealtypische …

Self-regulation in the governance of higher education systems is often assumed to improve
institutional performance, accountability, and responsiveness. Although studies of higher …

We analyze the basic structure of certain metric models, which are constituted by an index I
acting on a metric space (D; d) representing a relevant property of the elements of D. We call …