Dorothea Jansen & Insa Pruisken 
The Changing Governance of Higher Education and Research 
Multilevel Perspectives

This book analyses and describes the effects of the reforms of the European science systems on research. Taking the multilevel governance of the science system into account, the authors describe the effects of the reforms on different aspects: research collaborations and research lines, Ph D education, performance profiles, research funding and legal aspects. The first part of the book deals with “Ph D education” from an economic perspective. How successful are Research Training Groups and is heterogeneity really a factor of success? What kind of Ph D education leads to success? The second part focuses on the interactions of governance and research. How do changes at the national and organisational level influence research cooperation, research lines and research performance? The third part reflects the Europeanisation and Internationalisation of research and research funding. To what extent are research collaborations becoming international? How is the role of European funding agencies changing?

Table of Content

1. Introduction: The Changing Governance of Ph D Education and Research – Multilevel Perspectives; Dorothea Jansen and Insa Pruisken.-Part I: Changing the Governance of Ph D-Education – Effects on Research.-2. Composition and Performance of Research Training Groups; Birgit Unger, Kerstin Pull and Uschi Backes-Gellner.-3. Bringing Efficiency In? Time to the Doctorate in Research Training Groups and Traditional Doctoral Education; Andrea Kottmann.- 4. The Interplay of New Public Governance Dimensions and their Effects on Academic Outcomes – The Example of Ph D Education in Economic Departments in Continental Europe, England and the US; Peter Schneider and Dieter Sadowski.-Part II: Changing the Governance of Science Systems and Effects on Research.-5. Turning Universities into Actors on Quasi-Markets: How New Public Management Reforms Affect Academic Research; Jürgen Enders, Barbara Kehm and Uwe Schimank.-6. Multilevel Dynamics in Universities in Changing Research Landscapes; Arie Rip and Tembile Kulati.-7. Consequences of the New Actorhood of German Universities and Research Organisations – Intended and Unintended Effects on Research; Dorothea Jansen, Regina von Görtz and Richard Heidler.-8. Institutions of Public Science and New Search Regimes; Andrea Bonaccorsi.-Part III: Europeanising Research and Research Funding.-9. The European Research Council – Best Practice in Research Funding? Thomas Groß and Remzi Karaalp.-10. Supporting Frontier Research, Which Institutions and Which Processes. Some Initial Considerations; Philippe Larédo.-11. Changing European Governance of Research: A Public Law Perspective; Arne Pilniok.-12. Technology Transfer – The Change of European Governance of Research from a Private Law Perspective; Christine Godt.-13. Summary and Conclusions: Dorothea Jansen and Insa Pruisken.-Index.