The Responsible University Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond
This book explores how the notion of the responsible university manifests itself at various levels within Nordic higher education. As the impetus of the knowledge society has catapulted the higher education sector to the forefront of policy agendas, unive
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e Responsible University
Mads P. Sørensen Lars Geschwind • Jouni Kekäle Rómulo Pinheiro Editors
The Responsible University Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond
Editors Mads P. Sørensen The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy Department of Political Science Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark Jouni Kekäle University of Eastern Finland Joensuu, Finland
Lars Geschwind Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden Rómulo Pinheiro Department of Political Science University of Agder Kristiansand, Norway
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Preface
The Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond examines how the notion of responsibility manifests itself at various levels and in different phenomena within Nordic higher education institutions and beyond. The book looks at the history and current transformations of the idea of the responsible university; it investigates experiences with innovations such as MOOCs, co-creation and other third-mission activities; and it sheds light on how universities have begun to reorganise themselves through
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