This review explores contributions by science policy studies and the sociology of science to
our understanding of the impact of governance on research content. Contributions are …

Major changes in the governance of higher education and the public sciences have taken
place over the past 40 or so years in many OECD countries. These have affected the nature …

Cet article s' inscrit dans les débats sur les transformations du travail des «professionnels»
face à l'émergence de nouvelles formes de contrôle et de régulation de leurs activités. En s' …

In this chapter, we explore the shifting nature of academic work at European and US
research universities. Our analyses reveal four trends. First, despite significant differences in …

The extent to which collegiality conflicts or merges with managerial ideas and practices has
recently given rise to a lively scholarly debate: have universities surrendered to …

Recent changes in the funding and governance of academic research in many OECD
countries have altered established authority relationships governing research priorities and …

Objective: Directing research and changing its approach, problem and subject is the goal
pursued by a wide range of governmental and non-governmental actors (including industry …

We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with
unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different …

In this article, we analyse how variations in organisational conditions for research affect
researchers' opportunities for changing individual-level or group-level research …

Reforms in higher education have been passed in many European countries in the last
decades, mostly trying to adapt national systems to new European and global challenges …