Academic Work and Careers in Europe: Trends, Challenges, Perspectives

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction: Understanding Change in the Academic Profession Through the Perceptions of Academics and Institutional Leadership

   • Tatiana Fumasoli, Gaële Goastellec, Barbara M. Kehm

   Pages 1-12

3. The Rocky Road to Tenure – Career Paths in Academia

   • Angelika Brechelmacher, Elke Park, Gülay Ates, David F. J. Campbell

   Pages 13-40

4. The Changing Paths in Academic Careers in European Universities: Minor Steps and Major Milestones

   • Marek Kwiek, Dominik Antonowicz

   Pages 41-68

5. Global Models, Disciplinary and Local Patterns in Academic Recruitment Processes

   • Tatiana Fumasoli, Gaële Goastellec

   Pages 69-93

6. Changing Employment and Working Conditions

   • Timo Aarrevaara, Ian R. Dobson, Janne Wikström

   Pages 95-115

7. Academics’ Perceptions of Their Professional Contexts

   • Marie Clarke, Jonathan Drennan, Abbey Hyde, Yurgos Politis

   Pages 117-131

8. Academics and Community Engagement: Comparative Perspective from Three European Countries

   • Bojana Ćulum, Marko Turk, Jasminka Ledić

   Pages 133-150

9. Implementation of Quality Assurance Systems in Academic Staff Perspective – An Overview

   • Luminita Moraru, Mirela Praisler, Simona Marin, Corina Bentea

   Pages 151-176

10. Academics and New Higher Education Professionals: Tensions, Reciprocal Influences and Forms of Professionalization

    • Barbara M. Kehm

    Pages 177-200

11. Academic Careers and Work in Europe: Trends, Challenges, Perspectives

    • Tatiana Fumasoli, Gaële Goastellec, Barbara M. Kehm

    Pages 201-214

This book explores the perceptions of academic staff and representatives of institutional leadership about the changes in academic careers and academic work experienced in recent years. It emphasizes standardisation and differentiation of academic career paths, impacts of new forms of quality management on academic work, changes in recruitment, employment and working conditions, and academics’ perceptions of their professional contexts. The book demonstrates a growing diversity within the academic profession and new professional roles inhabiting a space which is neither located in the core business of teaching and research nor at the top level management and leadership. The new higher education professionals tend to be important change agents within the higher education institutions not only fulfilling service and bridging functions but also streamlining academic work to make a contribution to the reputation and competitiveness of the institution as a whole. Based on interviews with academic staff, this book explores the situation in eight European countries: Austria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Romania, and Switzerland.

• academic career paths
• changes in academic careers
• changes in the academic profession
• institutional leadership
• interviews with academic staff
• quality management

• ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  Tatiana Fumasoli

• Observatory Science, Politics and Society, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  Gaële Goastellec

• Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Barbara M. Kehm

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