Workshop on university autonomy and the globalisation of academic careers, Florence, Italy
11 November 2008 - 11 November 2008
Italy
A workshop on university autonomy and the globalisation of academic careers is scheduled for 11 and 12 November in Florence, Italy.
It is often argued that in order to improve research and educational performance universities should be given sufficient institutional autonomy - including financial and managerial autonomy, academic and scientific autonomy as well as organisational and staffing autonomy - and that the academic market should be open and competitive. Such claims raise a number of questions, for instance:
- How do higher education systems differ according to the degree of autonomy and competition?
- Do differences in autonomy translate into differences in performance?
- How important are different forms of autonomy?
- How should public university academic contracts be determined?
- Which universities are successful examples of 'university autonomy'?
- How should 'autonomous public universities' be made accountable?
- Which policy reforms should be implemented in order to make universities competitive in a globalised academic market?
- Why is it so difficult to implement some of these policies?
The workshop will focus on these and related issues, with a special emphasis on the potential - and the limitations - of university autonomy to open up and enhance academic careers in Europe, in the context of an increasingly globalised academic market.For further information and registration please contact:
The European University Institute
E-mail: mwpacademiccareers@eui.eu
It is often argued that in order to improve research and educational performance universities should be given sufficient institutional autonomy - including financial and managerial autonomy, academic and scientific autonomy as well as organisational and staffing autonomy - and that the academic market should be open and competitive. Such claims raise a number of questions, for instance:
- How do higher education systems differ according to the degree of autonomy and competition?
- Do differences in autonomy translate into differences in performance?
- How important are different forms of autonomy?
- How should public university academic contracts be determined?
- Which universities are successful examples of 'university autonomy'?
- How should 'autonomous public universities' be made accountable?
- Which policy reforms should be implemented in order to make universities competitive in a globalised academic market?
- Why is it so difficult to implement some of these policies?
The workshop will focus on these and related issues, with a special emphasis on the potential - and the limitations - of university autonomy to open up and enhance academic careers in Europe, in the context of an increasingly globalised academic market.For further information and registration please contact:
The European University Institute
E-mail: mwpacademiccareers@eui.eu