Making Universities Matter: Collaboration, Engagement, Impact 1st Edition

Making Universities Matter: Collaboration, Engagement, Impact 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031487989,3031487982,9783031487996, 3031487990

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 3031487990
• ISBN-13: 9783031487996
• Author: Eugenia Perez Vico, Linus Salö, Pauline Mattsson

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 truly matter beyond academia. Drawing upon insightful inquiries from both the Swedish and international contexts, this volume delves into the multifaceted interactions between universities and various knowledge users, emphasizing the need for scholars to reflect on how their knowledge can become useful and applicable to wider society.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: Universities and the Matter of Mattering
2. Engaging in Societal Collaboration Through Reflexivity: Experiences from a Cross-Disciplinary Pilot Course for Faculty
3. Proximity and Inequality in Academia
4. Conceptualizing Scholar-Activism Through Scholar-Activist Accounts
5. How Promotion Guidelines Reflect Swedish Higher Education Institutions’ Societal Collaboration Strategies
6. Will the Center Hold? What Research Centers Do to Universities and to Societal Challenges
7. Governing by Organizing: The Context of Universities in Sweden
8. Responsive Research Quality Articulations of the Humanities
9. Sources of Policy: Knowledge Brokering in Governmental Reports
10. Valorizing the Humanities: Impact Stories, Acting Spaces, and Meandering Knowledge Flows

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