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Constructing a Eurasian higher education region: “Points of correspondence” between Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia

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By Natalia Leskina China, Russia and their regional projects intersecting in Central Asia – Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – have been in the limelight recently. Despite the fact that educational component pays an important role in both the EAEU and BRI, the information about their educational initiatives remains scarce. … Constructing a Eurasian higher education region: “Points of correspondence” between Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia

Constructing a Eurasian higher education region: “Points of correspondence” between Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia

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By Natalia Leskina China, Russia and their regional projects intersecting in Central Asia – Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – have been in the limelight recently. Despite the fact that educational component pays an important role in both the EAEU and BRI, the information about their educational initiatives remains scarce. … Constructing a Eurasian higher education region: “Points of correspondence” between Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia

Call for Nominations: 2020 Excellent Paper Award from an Emerging Scholar

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The call for applications for the Excellent Paper Award of the ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group was extended until the 15th February.   In order to be eligible for consideration for the award: – You need to be currently enrolled in a PhD programme or have obtained your PhD after August 2017; – … Call for Nominations: 2020 Excellent Paper Award from an Emerging Scholar

Government Regulation & Its Effects On Higher Education Performance: What’s The Deal?

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By Danagul Yembergenova In today’s world of higher education, it should come as no surprise that the goal is always to move up – in any way possible. In other words, increase enrollment, increase prestige, increase retention and graduation, increase funding, increase interest, etc. With that in mind, what would you say if we told … Government Regulation & Its Effects On Higher Education Performance: What’s The Deal?

2021 ECPR General Conference – Section on Knowledge Politics and Policies

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The Section on Knowledge Politics and Policies continues the work on knowledge policy domains from the past 8 ECPR conferences (previously under the titles ‘Politics of Higher Education, Research and Innovation’ and ‘Europe of Knowledge’) and we are now looking for paper proposals. If you would like to contribute to one of the proposed panels, please … 2021 ECPR General Conference – Section on Knowledge Politics and Policies

Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe

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What are Research Infrastructures and what roles do they play in the European integration process? These and other questions are addressed in recently published book Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe, edited by Katharina Cramer and Olof Hallonsten. In this Q&A with Europe of Knowledge blog, they explain origins, key concepts and findings of … Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe

2019 EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD TO JUSTYNA BANDOLA-GILL

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We are happy to inform you that our jury, comprised of Emanuela Reale, Luis Sanz-Menendez and Bjørn Stensaker has decided to award the Excellent Paper Award to Justyna Bandola-Gill for the paper “Knowledge exchange repertoires: Producing and translating evidence for policy”. Below follows the jury’s explanation: The manuscript focuses on researchers’ perspectives on knowledge exchange and how they shape strategies … 2019 EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD TO JUSTYNA BANDOLA-GILL

Germany’s Science Production Engines: Research Universities and Institutes Competing for Research Funding, 1950–2010

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By Jennifer Dusdal As the world’s third largest producer of scientific knowledge, scientists in Germany publish more articles than those in any other country, except for the U.S. and China. Germany is the birthplace of both the modern research university and the independent extra-university research institute. Germany’s dual-pillar research policy, developed over the twentieth century, … Germany’s Science Production Engines: Research Universities and Institutes Competing for Research Funding, 1950–2010

Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond

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What is the ‘responsible university’? What does it mean for universities to address the Sustainable Development Goals? And what is specific about universities in the Nordic countries? These are some of the questions addressed in a new book ‘Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond’, edited by Mads P. Sørensen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Lars … Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond