Sub-theme 78: Universities in Turbulent Times

Convenors:
Lars Engwall, Uppsala University, Sweden
Georg Krücken, University of Kassel, Germany
Christine Musselin, Sciences Po, France
Session I: Thursday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Welcome and Funding
Chair: Lars Engwall
Georg Krücken, Nicolai Götze, Tim Seidenschnur and Nicolai Götze
Federal states as organizational actors? How funding contests realign the roles federal ministries take in German higher education
Discussant(s): Marco Cavallaro
Marco Cavallaro, Peter Edlund and Benedetto Lepori
To apply or not. Understanding the role of scarcity and desire in grant competition
Discussant(s): Nadine A. Skinner
Nadine Skinner, Seungah S. Lee and Francisco O. Ramirez
Dreams, dollars, and donors: Philanthropy and higher education
Discussant(s): Georg Krücken
Session II: Thursday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Institutional Change I - Room: Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Chair: Christine Musselin
Jilde Garst and Mariangela Lavanga
Transformative academia – How a university absorbs new values and norms for academic excellence
Discussant(s): Ana Godonoga
Mark Thomas and Nathalie Louisgrand
The dirty ‘T’ word. Assessing the turbulence of university takeovers; a sensemaking analysis
Discussant(s): Volker Rundshagen
Ana Godonoga
What drives the adoption of social impact practices in business schools? Findings from a global survey.
Discussant(s): Jilde Garst
Volker Rundshagen, Werner Gronau, Albina Pashkevich, Sarah Ramsey, Albina Pashkevich and Werner Gronau
Internationalization in turbulent times: Tensions and paradoxes – A comparative study of a German and a Swedish University of Applied Sciences
Discussant(s): Mark Thomas
Parallel Stream B: Administration - Room: Magistero – Aggiunto – 1_9A
Chair: Lars Engwall
Liubov Vetoshkina, Sami Paavola and Sami Paavola
Universities after pandemic: Transformation towards hybrid practices
Discussant(s): Carson Phillips
Hogne Lerøy Sataøen, Daniel Lövgren, Simon Neby and Simon Neby
“Communication is important, the communicator is not.” Communication professionals in higher education institutions: between the trivial and significant
Discussant(s): Petya K. Burneva
Petya K. Burneva and Linda Wedlin
How administration happens: Or the fluid boundaries between core and administrative academic work
Discussant(s): Liubov Vetoshkina
Carson Phillips and Hatim Rahman
More than meets the eye: Digital surveillance ecosystems in higher education
Discussant(s): Hogne Lerøy Sataøen
Session III: Thursday, July 06, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Institutional Change II - Room: Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Chair: Georg Krücken
Elen Riot
A university past turbulent times? Vincennes University, the future of a utopia
Discussant(s): Grimm Noh
Jan Goldenstein, Philipp Poschmann, Lisa-Maria Gerhardt and Peter Walgenbach
Between Tradition and Modernity: Explaining the Hybrid Identities of German Universities
Discussant(s): Elen Riot
Grimm Noh, Dongyoub Shin, Sunhyuk Kim and Kiwon Jung
The Field of Universities as a Politicized Garbage Can: The ‘Institutional Stalemate’ of Structural Changes in the Organizational Field of Korean Universities
Discussant(s): Mariana Baldi
Leonardo Gustavo Schneider, Mariana Baldi and Fernando Dias Lopes
Thetransformations of higher education in Brazil – The impact on community universities
Discussant(s): Jan Goldenstein
Parallel Stream B: Academic Freedom - Room: Magistero – Aggiunto – 1_9A
Chair: Christine Musselin
Rowland Curtis
Academic freedom in question: On the ethico-politics of the vocation after Foucault
Discussant(s): Giulio Marini
Giulio Marini
Academic freedom as a driver of social change
Discussant(s): Gergely Kováts
Gergely Kováts, Miklós Rosta and Zoltan Adam
Illiberal higher education reforms: The case of Hungary
Discussant(s): Rowland Curtis
Maja Jonson, Josef Pallas and Signe Jernberg
The diminishing spaces for collegial work
Discussant(s): Adam Keely
Session IV: Friday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Competition - Room: Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Chair: Christine Musselin
Lisa-Maria Gerhardt, Ann-Christine Schulz and Ann-Christine Schulz
Universities as hyper-organizations and the spread of entrepreneurship professorships at German universities, 1999–2015
Discussant(s): Liudvika Leišyte
Liudvika Leišyte, Jay R. Dee and Anna-Lena Rose
Logics of interdisciplinarity in university research centres: Competition or convergence?
Discussant(s): Jennifer Ehmke
Jennifer Ehmke and Simon Oertel
The Managerialization of Higher Education: Exploring the Role of Institutional Founding Conditions and Institutional Sector on Employer Branding
Discussant(s): Anna Kosmützky
Anna Kosmützky, Tobias Bochmann , Tobias Bochmann and Leonie Buschkamp
Competitive Capital-based Positioning Strategies of German Universities. Some Conceptual and Empirical Considerations
Discussant(s): Lisa-Maria Gerhardt
Parallel Stream B: Practioner Collaboration - Room: Magistero – Aggiunto – 1_9A
Chair: Georg Krücken
Martina Kohlberger, Julia Brandl and Julia Brandl
Knowledge-production in scholar-HRM practitioner collaborations
Discussant(s): Hérica Morais Righi
Hérica Morais Righi, Rosa Grimaldi, Elisa Villani, Rosa Grimaldi and Elisa Villani
The role of person-organization fit within knowledge transfer offices: A comparative case-study approach
Discussant(s): Xinyu Guo
Xinyu Guo
“They are not playing the same role as I am”: Navigating academic-practitioner collaboration paradox through situated practices of principal investigators
Discussant(s): Martina Kohlberger
Session V: Friday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Leadership
Chair: Lars Engwall
Uwe Wilkesmann, Sabine Lauer, Olga Wagner and Ronja Vorberg
Hierarchy at German professorships – The influence of leadership and basic needs satisfaction on work motivation of academic staff members
Discussant(s): Tina Hedmo
Olivier Guyottot and Anne-Sophie Thelisson
Coping with paradoxical demands: the dual position of deans in French business schools
Discussant(s): Uwe Wilkesmann
Nanna Mik-Meyer, Margaretha Järvinen and Margaretha Järvinen
Transforming social capital into scientific capital in academia: Men's networking in academia
Discussant(s): Olivier Guyottot
Tina Hedmo, Caroline Waks and Caroline Waks
The hybridity of academic leadership
Discussant(s): Nanna Mik-Meyer
Session VI: Friday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Gender
Chair: Christine Musselin
Margit Osterloh, Katja Rost, Annina Mösching and Louisa Hizli
How To Explain the Leaky Pipeline
Discussant(s): Minna Paunova
Marie Lemaire and Marie Stadge
Work in progress : Management of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) at French Business School: A neo-institutional study of an emerging shared challenge
Discussant(s): Charikleia Tzanakou
Minna Paunova, Aleksandra Gregorič and Daniel Hardt
Gender effects in student evaluations of teaching
Discussant(s): Margit Osterloh
Charikleia Tzanakou, Christina Efthymiadou, Alison Rodger, Christina Efthymiadou and Alison Rodger
Gendering the notion of collegiality in higher education: A UK organisational case study
Discussant(s): Marie Lemaire
Session VII: Saturday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Governance I
Chair: Georg Krücken
Stefan P.L. de Jong
‘We have brilliant researchers and I want to maximize the time that they’re spending on research.’ The contribution of professional staff on academic knowledge development
Discussant(s): Mari Elken
Sergio Wanderley, Flavio Vasconcelos and Flavio Vasconcelos
The governance of higher education markets in turbulent times: The case of Brazil
Discussant(s): Pedro Pineda
Mari Elken, Lise Degn, Jens Jungblut and Martina Vukasovic
Organising for excellence in education and research
Discussant(s): Sergio Wanderley
Pedro Pineda, Benedetto Lepori and Özgür Kadir Özer
Social Hierarchies in Higher Education: Managerialism, Seniority Levels and Faculty Diversity in Europe and the U.S.
Discussant(s): Stefan de Jong
Session VIII: Saturday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, Magistero – PS – 1_1B
Governance II and Conclusions
Chair: Lars Engwall
Zaynab Sabagh and Mohammad Moshtari
Faculty autonomy and a quantitative, centralized faculty promotion system: Empirical evidence from a developing country
Discussant(s): Francesco G. Paoletti
Adam Keeley, Olga Ryazanova, Peter McNamara and Peter McNamara
Academic promotion decisions: Exploring the credibility of signals during promotions in business schools
Discussant(s): Zaynab Sabagh
Francesco G. Paoletti and Andrea Bernardi
Managing academics in a marketized HE. A qualitative account from Britain
Discussant(s): Maja Jonson