• Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education 

      Pulkkinen, Kirsi; Aarrevaara, Timo; Berg, Laila Nordstrand; Geschwind, Lars; Hansen, Hanne Foss; Hernes, Helge; Kivistö, Jussi; Lind, Jonas Krog; Lyytinen, Anu; Pekkola, Elias; Pinheiro, Romulo; Stensaker, Bjørn; Söderlind, Johan (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Universities are public organisations, which operate in a highly institutionalised environment. They are heavily dependent on public resources. As such, universities are susceptible to shifts in governance arrangements but ...
    • National Performance-Based Research Funding Systems: Constructing Local Perceptions of Research? 

      Söderlind, Johan; Berg, Laila Nordstrand; Lind, Jonas Krog; Pulkkinen, Kirsi (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In recent years, performance-based research funding systems (PRFSs) have been introduced in all of the Nordic countries. In this chapter, we compare these systems and explore how their introduction is reflected within ...
    • Nordic Higher Education in Flux: System Evolution and Reform Trajectories 

      Pinheiro, Romulo; Aarrevaara, Timo; Berg, Laila Nordstrand; Fumasoli, Tatiana; Geschwind, Lars; Hansen, Hanne Foss; Hernes, Helge; Kivistö, Jussi; Lind, Jonas Krog; Lyytinen, Anu; Pekkola, Elias; Pulkkinen, Kirsi; Stensaker, Bjørn; Söderlind, Johan (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This chapter provides a brief description of how the four national systems included in this study—Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden—are currently organised and structured. In doing so, it illuminates several specific ...