Making Universities Matter Collaboration, Engagement, Impact /

In an era of rapid change and increasing societal demands, the role of universities as knowledge producers and catalysts for change has come under scrutiny. This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the significance of universities in society, shedding light on how their knowledge can trul...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mattsson, Pauline (Editor), Perez Vico, Eugenia (Editor), Salö, Linus (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Series:Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management,
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Universities and the matter of mattering (Pauline Mattsson)
  • Chapter 2. Engaging in societal collaboration through reflexivity: Experiences from a cross-disciplinary pilot course for faculty (Anna Jonsson)
  • Chapter 3. Proximity and Inequality in Academia (Annika Ralfs)
  • Chapter 4. Conceptualizing Scholar-Activism Through Scholar-Activist Accounts (Farzana Bashiri)
  • Chapter 5. How promotion guidelines reflect Swedish higher education institutions' societal collaboration strategies (Eugenia Perez Vico)
  • Chapter 6. Will the center hold? What research centers do to universities and to societal challenges (Mats Benner)
  • Chapter 7. Governing by organizing: The context of universities in Sweden (Ulrika Bjare)
  • Chapter 8. Responsive Research Quality Articulations of the Humanities (Klara Müller)
  • Chapter 9. Sources of policy: Knowledge brokering in governmental reports (Linus Salö)
  • Chapter 10. Valorizing the humanities: Impact stories, acting spaces, and meandering knowledge flows (Eugenia Perez Vico).