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Public science systems, higher education and the trajectory of academic disciplines: business studies in the United States and Europe
No full textSpecial Issue Introduction:Historical Research on Institutional Change
Full text linkBoth business historians and organisation studies scholars study institutional change to understand the interactions between business and society. However, research approaches differ fundamentally, with organisational research focusing on theory-driven explanations, whereas historical research is rather theory-informed. The consequence of such disciplinary orientation is that interdisciplinary conversations rarely occur. For this special issue, we invited submissions that address how historical research can contribute to our understanding of institutional change while demonstrating ‘dual integrity’ in terms of being significant pieces of historical research that provide us with new insights into historiography and at the same time addressing important theoretical concerns
Economics in Sweden
Full text linkEconomics in Sweden contains the results of one of the most comprehensive attempts to evaluate research in economics ever undertaken. A team of Swedish and international researchers, including Avinash K. Dixit, Seppo Honkapohja and Robert M. Slow, examined the structure of economics in Sweden and its results. They identified postgraduate education as a key area, and their findings will be of particular relevence at a time when many countries are restructuring their graduate education programme
Humboldt’s University : The History and Topicality of a German Tradition
No full textThis chapter discusses the history of the modern German university and the topicality of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s ideas. A key issue is how the Humboldtian tradition, with its origin in Prussia around the year 1800, was transformed and has informed debates about research, higher education and academic freedom ever since. Drawing on recent scholarship, this chapter investigates the ways in which Humboldt’s ideas have been appropriated for various purposes in different historical contexts and epochs: in the emergence of the research university in the German Empire in the late nineteenth century; in the period of reconstruction in the aftermath of the Second World War; in the rise of the mass university in the Federal Republic of the 1960s; and in the discussions about the Bologna Process in the early 2000s. The principal conclusion is that Humboldtian ideals have not been static nor could they be as historical circumstances are always in flux. Nevertheless, many of the key concepts and fundamental ideas that we term Humboldtianism have not actually changed but have been interpreted differently
Scholars in Action : Past–Present–Future
No full textThis volume contains the contributions to a symposium on the conditions of research on the occasion of the Tercentary of the Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala. After an introductory chapter on the early years of the Society, subsequent chapters present views of foreign members representing the Humanities, the Life Sciences, the Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences. Comments on each of the chapters are provided by Swedish members. A concluding chapter discusses the influence of governments, markets and media on academic institutions
Branding the university: relational strategy of identity construction in a competitive field
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