Table Of ContentREFORMS,
ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE and
PERFORMANCE in
HIGHER EDUCATION
A Comparative Account from
the Nordic Countries
Edited by
Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind,
Hanne Foss Hansen, Kirsi Pulkkinen
Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance
in Higher Education
Rómulo Pinheiro • Lars Geschwind
Hanne Foss Hansen • Kirsi Pulkkinen
Editors
Reforms,
Organizational
Change and
Performance in
Higher Education
A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries
BUTUH LENGKAP HUB
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Editors
Rómulo Pinheiro Lars Geschwind
Department of Political Science & School of Industrial Engineering and
Management Management
University of Agder KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Kristiansand, Norway Stockholm, Sweden
Hanne Foss Hansen Kirsi Pulkkinen
Department of Political Science Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Copenhagen University of Lapland
Copenhagen, Denmark Rovaniemi, Finland
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cknowledgement
The data presented in the current volume and individual chapters emanate
from a comparative study funded by the Norwegian Research Council
under its FINNUT flagship program, a long-term program for research
and innovation in the educational sector program. The project number
was 237782, and the project was titled ‘Does it matter? Assessing the per-
formance effects of changes in leadership and management structures in
Nordic Higher Education’.
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Part I Setting the Stage 1
1 Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects
of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in
Nordic Higher Education 3
Kirsi Pulkkinen, Timo Aarrevaara, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Lars
Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Helge Hernes, Jussi Kivistö,
Jonas Krog Lind, Anu Lyytinen, Elias Pekkola, Rómulo
Pinheiro, Bjørn Stensaker, and Johan Söderlind
2 Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its
Variations in Nordic Policy 37
Jussi Kivistö, Elias Pekkola, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Hanne Foss
Hansen, Lars Geschwind, and Anu Lyytinen
3 Nordic Higher Education in Flux: System Evolution and
Reform Trajectories 69
Rómulo Pinheiro, Timo Aarrevaara, Laila Nordstrand Berg,
Tatiana Fumasoli, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Helge
Hernes, Jussi Kivistö, Jonas Krog Lind, Anu Lyytinen, Elias
Pekkola, Kirsi Pulkkinen, Bjørn Stensaker, and Johan Söderlind
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Part II Cross Cutting Themes 109
4 National Performance-Based Research Funding Systems:
Constructing Local Perceptions of Research? 111
Johan Söderlind, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Jonas Krog Lind, and
Kirsi Pulkkinen
5 External Research Funding and Authority Relations 145
Jonas Krog Lind, Helge Hernes, Kirsi Pulkkinen, and Johan
Söderlind
6 The Changing Roles of Academic Leaders: Decision-
Making, Power, and Performance 181
Lars Geschwind, Timo Aarrevaara, Laila Nordstrand Berg, and
Jonas Krog Lind
7 Strategy as Dialogue and Engagement 211
Timo Aarrevaara, Rómulo Pinheiro, and Johan Söderlind
8 Evaluation Practices and Impact: Overload? 235
Hanne Foss Hansen, Timo Aarrevaara, Lars Geschwind, and
Bjørn Stensaker
Part III Taking Stock and Moving Forward 267
9 Governing Performance in the Nordic Universities: Where
Are We Heading and What Have We Learned? 269
Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Rómulo Pinheiro, and
Kirsi Pulkkinen
Appendix A: FINNUT Interview Guide English 301
Appendix B: FINNUT Survey Questions 311
Index 321
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Timo Aarrevaara is Professor of Public Management at the University of
Lapland and has professional experience in public administration as well as
in research and teaching. Aarrevaara has participated in and conducted
several evaluating and auditing projects, and has acted as the principal
investigator for a number of projects in higher education. Aarrevaara has
strong international higher education research links and is a co-editor of
Springer’s ‘The Changing Academy’ Series and author and co-author of
several papers and book chapters.
Laila Nordstrand Berg has a PhD in public policy and administration
from the University of Bergen, Norway. She is working as an associate
professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. She is also an
associate member of the Governance and Leadership in the Public Sector
(GOLEP) research group at the University of Agder in Norway. She is
doing research on management of universities and hospitals from public
and private sector in a comparative perspective. Laila’s interests are related
to the intersection between public policy and administration, organisa-
tional studies, reforms, management and the influence of the market on
management of the institutions from private and public sectors.
Tatiana Fumasoli is Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies at
the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education (London,
UK). She holds a PhD from the University of Lugano (Switzerland, 2011)
with a thesis on university strategic management. She was before at
ARENA Centre for European Studies and at the Department of Education
at the University of Oslo, where she coordinated an i nternational project
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comparing university managing practices across the continent. Her
research interests lie at the intersection of management studies, organisa-
tion theory and sociology of professions and expertise. She has published
with Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, Minerva and Studies in
Higher Education, amongst others. Tatiana is co-editor of Higher
Education Quarterly and is a member of the editorial board of several
scientific journals on higher education studies.
Lars Geschwind is Professor of Engineering Education Policy and
Management and coordinator of the research group HEOS (Higher
Education Organization Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden). His main research interests are higher education policy, institu-
tional governance, academic leadership and management and academic
work. He is involved in a number of projects focusing on change processes
in higher education institutions, including, for example, governance and
steering, quality assurance, academic careers and partnership with indus-
try. Most studies include a comparative component and a historical per-
spective. He has published various scientific books, peer-reviewed journal
articles and chapters in anthologies. Lars has professional experience from
working on higher education and research from government agencies, pri-
vate institutions and international consultancy. He has also worked as a
researcher and senior lecturer at three different Swedish universities before
joining KTH. Lars holds a PhD degree in history, a master of arts degree
and a teacher training certificate (upper secondary school), all from
Uppsala University.
Hanne Foss Hansen is Professor of Public Administration and
Organisation at the Department of Political Science, the University of
Copenhagen. Her main interests are public organisation and manage-
ment, public sector reform, evaluation, evidence-based policy and prac-
tice, and higher education and research policy. Her recent publications
include articles in American Journal of Evaluation, Evaluation, European
Journal of Higher Education, Science and Public Policy and Scandinavian
Journal of Public Administration as well as contributions to edited vol-
umes published at Sage, Springer, Edward Elgar, Palgrave and Routledge.
Helge Hernes (1946–2018) was Emeritus Associate Professor of Public
Administration at the University of Agder, Norway. Hernes holds a PhD
from the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. He taught organisa-
tion theory and organisation behaviour, specialising in organisational bot-
