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Pushing Boundaries: The European Universities Initiative as a Case of Transnational Institution Building
The European Universities Initiative (EUI), created by the European Commission in 2017, is a recent novel phenomenon within the European Union policy...
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Academic Inbreeding at Universities in the Czech Republic: Beyond Immobile Inbred Employees?
This paper presents the results of qualitative research on academic inbreeding in Czech higher education, the first of its kind. Its focus is on...
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Convergence Research as a ‘System-of-Systems’: A Framework and Research Agenda
Over the past decade, Convergence Research has increasingly gained prominence as a research, development, and innovation (RDI) strategy to address...
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The Corona Truth Wars: Epistemic Disputes and Societal Conflicts around a Pandemic—An Introduction to the Special Issue
Ever since the start of the Corona pandemic, different and often conflicting views have emerged about the virus and how to appropriately deal with...
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The Framing of Diversity Statements in European Universities: The Role of Imprinting and Institutional Legacy
We analyze the role of institutional founding conditions and institutional legacy for universities’ self-representation in terms of diversity. Based...
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Conjuration and Conspiracy. The Controversy over the German Covid Policy as a Mediumistic Trial, or: The Medium is the Mess
Based on anthropological fieldwork among protesters against the Covid policy in Germany, this paper elaborates the symmetry of accusations made...
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Supporting Academic Women’s Careers: Male and Female Academics’ Perspectives at a Chinese Research University
The persistent gender inequalities in higher education are an ongoing concern among academics. This paper investigates how male and female academics...
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Covid Vaccination Disputes in Czechia: Political Myth-Making and Boundary Work
The paper argues that one of the reasons the suppression of scientific dissent during the Covid pandemic has been so severe was because the dominant...
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The ‘Zoomification’ of Collaboration: How Timely Technology has Affected Academic Research
We use the term “Zoomification” to refer to the primary mode of research collaboration used by academic researchers during much of the COVID-19...
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From Bogus Journals to Predatory Universities: The Evolution of the Russian Academic Sphere Within the Predatory Settings of the State
The transition to the market economy, which began in Russia more than 30 years ago, has dramatically affected the performance of the Russian academic...
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The Communication Function of Universities: Is There a Place for Science Communication?
This article offers a view on the emerging practice of managing external relations of the modern university, and the role of science communication in...
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More Than Euros: Exploring the Construction of Project Grants as Prizes and Consolations
In previous funding literature, ample attention has been devoted to the consequences of competition for project grants. These consequences tend to be...
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Vaccine Hesitancy and the Concept of Trust: An Analysis Based on the Israeli COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
This paper examines the trust relations involved in Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, focusing on vaccine hesitancy and the concept of ‘trust’....
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Public-Private Partnerships and the Landscape of Neglected Tropical Disease Research: The Shifting Logic and Spaces of Knowledge Production
Until the recent spread of public-private partnerships, pharmaceutical firms had avoided research and development into neglected tropical diseases...
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Big Science, Big Trouble? Understanding Conflict in and Around Big Science Projects and Networks
Many Big Science projects and networks experience conflict. A plethora of disciplines have examined conflict causes in science collaboration and Big...
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“They Don't Understand Us, but We Have to Understand Them”: Interrogating the Making of Interdisciplinary Research in Chilean Climate Science
In this article, we examine the ways in which the notion of interdisciplinarity was understood, implemented and experienced by researchers at a...
