In a modern Europe, even with 900 years of history and learning behind it, the European Research University faces major challenges on multiple fronts. This book maps out both the present and the long-term issues that the European Research University must now tackle.
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Preface; D.Brändström Creative Intellectual Destruction or Destructive Political Creativity?; T.Nybom The Byzantine University: a Misnomer; J.Herrin University as Utopia; S.Rothblatt Universities, Research and Politics in Sweden; I.Jonsson Universities, Research and Politics in a Historical Perspective; T.Frängsmyr On Time and Fragmentation: Sundry Observations on Research, the University and Politics from a Waveringly Comparative Perspective; G.Neave The R & D Production Model: A Brueg(h)elesque Alternative; S.Lindqvist A Joyful Good-bye to Wilhelm von Humboldt: The German University and the Humboldtian Ideals of ‘Einsamkeit und Freiheit.’; B.Henningsen The Legacy of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Future of the European University; B.Wittrock The Research Revolution and its Impact on the European University; P.Scott Coping with Change? European Universities and the Revolution in Research Funding after 1980; W.Krull The Revolution in Research Funding in Sweden after 1980; M.Leijonhufvud Contrasting Different Modes: A More Fruitful Way of Tackling the Issue than ‘European’ or ‘American’ Models of Research University; S.Gustavsson Has the Research University in Europe a Future?; U.Teichler Conclusions and Reflections; S.Strömholm
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GUY NEAVE is Professor of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies of Twente University, The Netherlands, and Director of Research at the International Association of Universities, Paris, France. Prior to returning to France in 1990, he was the Professor of Comparative Education at the University of London Institute of Education, UK. Guy Neave has written extensively on higher education policy in Western Europe.
KJELL BLÜCKERT is Research Secretary at The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. With an earned doctorate in Church History from Uppsala University, Sweden, his research area has been contemporary history and nationalism. Since 2000 he has been working at The Humanities and Social Sciences Donation in the Bank of Sweden Foundation, which finances larger interdisciplinary research projects.
THORSTEN NYBOM is Professor of History at Orebro University, Sweden. In 1997, together with Martin Trow, he published
The University and Society: Essays on the Social Role of Research and Higher Education (London, Jessica Kingsley).
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