The European Research University

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Creative Intellectual Destruction or Destructive Political Creativity? Critical Reflections on The Future of European “Knowledge Production”

      • Thorsten Nybom

      Pages 3-13

3. Learning, Vision and Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Byzantine “University” — a Misnomer

      • Judith Herrin

      Pages 17-28

   3. The University as Utopia

      • Sheldon Rothblatt

      Pages 29-49

   4. Universities, Research and Politics in Historical Perspective

      • Inge Jonsson

      Pages 51-60

   5. Universities, Research and Politics: The Avoidance of Anachronism

      • Tore Frängsmyr

      Pages 61-62

   6. On Time and Fragmentation: Sundry Observations on Research, the University and Politics from a Waveringly Historical Perspective

      • Guy Neave

      Pages 63-74

4. Breaking with the Past

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. The R&D Production Model: A Brueg(h)elesque Alternative

      • Svante Lindqvist

      Pages 77-90

   3. A Joyful Good-Bye to Wilhelm von Humboldt: The German University and the Humboldtian Ideals of “Einsamkeit and Freiheit”

      • Bernd Henningsen

      Pages 91-107

   4. The Legacy of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Future of the European University

      • Björn Wittrock

      Pages 109-125

5. Change and Revolution in Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. The Research Revolution and its Impact on the European University

      • Peter Scott

      Pages 129-143

   3. Coping with Change is not Enough for Universities

      • Wilhelm Krull

      Pages 145-151

   4. The Revolution in Research Funding in Sweden after 1980

      • Madeleine Leijonhufvud

      Pages 153-158

   5. Contrasting Different Modes: A More Fruitful Way of Tackling the Issue than “European” or “American” Models of Research University

      • Sverker Gustavsson

      Pages 159-162

6. Looking Ahead

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Has the Research University in Europe a Future?

      • Ulrich Teichler

      Pages 165-173

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.

• creativity
• funding
• learning
• university

"A truly outstanding collection of scholarly essays!" - Glen A. Jones, Professor of Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

• The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Sweden

  Kjell Blückert

• University of Twente, Netherlands

  Guy Neave

• International Association of Universities, Paris, France

  Guy Neave

• Orebro University, Sweden

  Thorsten Nybom

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 publishedThe University and Society: Essays on the Social Role of Research and Higher Education (London, Jessica Kingsley).

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