Table Of ContentThe Responsible
University
Exploring the Nordic Context
and Beyond
Edited by
Mads P. Sørensen · Lars Geschwind
Jouni Kekäle · Rómulo Pinheiro
The Responsible University
Mads P. Sørensen
Lars Geschwind • Jouni Kekäle
Rómulo Pinheiro
Editors
The Responsible
University
Exploring the Nordic Context and
Beyond
Editors
Mads P. Sørensen Lars Geschwind
The Danish Centre for Studies in Research Department of Learning in Engineering
and Research Policy Sciences
Department of Political Science KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Aarhus University Stockholm, Sweden
Aarhus, Denmark
Rómulo Pinheiro
Jouni Kekäle Department of Political Science
University of Eastern Finland University of Agder
Joensuu, Finland Kristiansand, Norway
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Preface
The Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond exam-
ines how the notion of responsibility manifests itself at various levels and
in different phenomena within Nordic higher education institutions and
beyond. The book looks at the history and current transformations of the
idea of the responsible university; it investigates experiences with innova-
tions such as MOOCs, co-creation and other third-mission activities;
and it sheds light on how universities have begun to reorganise them-
selves through mergers and interdisciplinary arrangements to become
more responsible.
This book is the product of a series of workshops that took place in
Aarhus, Stockholm and Koli in 2017 and 2018 under the heading
‘Moving Towards the Responsible University? A cross-disciplinary net-
work on higher education’s role in the context of growing social and eco-
nomic inequalities’.
We would like to thank NOS-HS—the joint committee for Nordic
research councils in the humanities and social sciences—which gener-
ously funded our network activities under the project no. 2016-00261/
NOS-HS. We would also like to thank all the participants in the network
meetings for their enthusiasm in exploring, presenting and discussing
ideas of the responsible university as well as for their original contribu-
tions to this book. Finally, we would also like to thank Palgrave Macmillan,
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in particular, Jemima Warren, Eleanor Christie and Rebecca Wyde, for
their professionalism and support in publishing this book.
Aarhus, Denmark Mads P. Sørensen
Stockholm, Sweden Lars Geschwind
Joensuu, Finland Jouni Kekäle
Kristiansand, Norway Rómulo Pinheiro
May 2019
Acknowledgements
The following organizations provided financial support for the publica-
tion of this volume as Open Access:
University of Agder, Norway
University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Tampere University, Finland
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
University of Helsinki, Finland
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
The editors would also like to acknowledge the Joint Committee for
Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(NOS-HS) grant number dnr 2016–00261/NOSHS.
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Contents
Part I I ntroduction 1
1 Responsible Universities in Context 3
Lars Geschwind, Jouni Kekäle, Rómulo Pinheiro, and Mads P.
Sørensen
Part II History and Current Transformations 31
2 The Changing Meanings of ‘Responsible University’.
From a Nordic-Keynesian Welfare State to a
Schumpeterian Competition State 33
Mikko Kohvakka, Arto Nevala, and Hanna Nori
3 The Modernisation Agenda and University
Irresponsibility Repertoires 61
Paul Benneworth
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4 Lost in Transition? On the Migration to English Language
Research Publications 87
Mads P. Sørensen, Mitchell Young, and Pernille Bak Pedersen
Part III New Innovations 115
5 Higher Education; For Free, For Everyone, For Real?
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the
Responsible University: History and Enacting
Rationalities for MOOC Initiatives at Three Swedish
Universities 117
Linda Barman, Cormac McGrath, and Christian Stöhr
6 Co-creation with Companies: A Means to Enhance
Societal Impact of University Researchers? 145
Kirsi Pulkkinen and Antti Hautamäki
7 Does a Responsible University Need a Third Mission? 173
James Karlsen and Miren Larrea
Part IV Organising for Responsibility 201
8 Technical Education in Jeopardy? Assessing the
Interdisciplinary Faculty Structure in a University Merger 203
Tea Vellamo, Elias Pekkola, and Taru Siekkinen
9 Responsible University: In Search of HR and Leadership
Solutions 233
Jouni Kekäle and Jenni Varis
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10 The Responsible University in Southeast Asia: A Tale of
the Transition from an Elite to a Mass Higher Education
System 257
Laila Nordstrand Berg, Rómulo Pinheiro, Puguh Prasetya
Utomo, and Pradnika Yunic Nurhayati
Part V Conclusion 289
11 Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Towards a Nordic Model of the
Responsible University? 291
Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Jouni Kekäle, and Mads P.
Sørensen
Index 313
