1st Edition

Universities under Neoliberalism Ideologies, Discourses and Management Practices

Edited By Mats Benner, Mikael Holmqvist Copyright 2023
148 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

148 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

148 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The COVID-19 pandemic, the surge of populism, the climate crisis and many other destabilizing factors in our time, all point at the expectation of trustworthy knowledge and reliable organization devoted to knowledge production and dissemination. However, universities remain enmeshed in economic liberalization and ensuing cultural struggles where their funding, governance and practices reflect... Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction
Mats Benner and Mikael Holmqvist
 
Chapter 2. Beyond Neoliberalized Research: From Auditing to Reflexive Governance
Mats Benner
 
Chapter 3. Publication Strategy as Ideology at Swedish Universities
Ylva Hasselberg
 
Chapter 4. Corporations’ Invisible Hand in Higher Education: Teaching at Business Schools and the Making of Employable Students
Mikael Holmqvist
 
Chapter 5. Social Media and Higher Education. On the Influx of Facebook in Swedish Academia
Alexandra Söderman & Johan Söderman
 
Chapter 6. The Market Liberal University and Its Effects on Academic Researchers – Survey Evidence from Sweden
Hans Englund and Jonas Gerdin
 
Chapter 7. Making Ends Meet: Limiting Factors for Managerial Bureaucratization at the University of Helsinki and Stockholm School of Economics in the 2010s
Janne Holmén

Biography

Mats Benner is a Professor in Science Policy Studies and the Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden.

Mikael Holmqvist is a Professor in Business Administration at Stockholm University, Sweden.