The growing scholarly interest in research top performers comes from the growing policy
interest in research top performance itself. A question emerges: what makes someone a top …

European academics have been at the centre of ongoing higher education reforms, as
changes in university governance and funding have led to changes in academic work and …

This paper studies the applicability of theoretical models of university governance from the
international research literature to the Polish system. In particular, it is to test the applicability …

This article addresses academics who innovate in higher education and their characteristics.
We undertake a qualitative case study of six individuals who implemented disruptive and …

This paper focuses on a generational change taking place in the Polish academic
profession: a change in behaviors and attitudes between two groups of academics. One was …

There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic
inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously …

The paper investigates the approaches employed for attracting international full-degree
students in three countries on the periphery of Europe/the European Economic Area …

This paper sheds light on the role of tertiary or higher education in economic development
across two successful OECD case studies: Finland and South Korea. A number of key …

This paper analyzes the development of social inequality in the Polish higher education
system during its expansion after 1990 using data from the Polish General Social Survey …

In this study, we are addressing changes in managerial logics after the introduction of New
Public Management (NPM)-reforms in two public sectors in Norway, namely the hospital and …