Knowledge Alchemy
Models and Agency in Global Knowledge Governance
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2023
206 pages
978-1-5292-1441-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book introduces the concept of 'knowledge alchemy' to capture the generic process of transforming mundane practices and policies of governance into competitive ones following imagined global gold standards. Using examples from North America, Europe and Asia, it explores how knowledge alchemy increasingly informs national and institutional policies and practices on economic performance, higher education, research and innovation.
The book examines how governments around the world have embraced global models of world-class university, human capital and talent competition as essential in ensuring national competitiveness. Through its analysis, the book shows how this strongly future-oriented and anticipatory knowledge governance is steered by a surge of global classifications, rankings and indicators, resulting in numerous comparisons of various domains that today form more constraining global policy scripts.
The book examines how governments around the world have embraced global models of world-class university, human capital and talent competition as essential in ensuring national competitiveness. Through its analysis, the book shows how this strongly future-oriented and anticipatory knowledge governance is steered by a surge of global classifications, rankings and indicators, resulting in numerous comparisons of various domains that today form more constraining global policy scripts.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
18 s/w Tabellen, 2 s/w Abbildungen
18 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
File size
2,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-1441-3 (9781529214413)
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Tero Erkkilae | Meng-Hsuan Chou | Niilo Kauppi
Knowledge Alchemy
Models and Agency in Global Knowledge Governance
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Bristol University Press
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Persons
Tero Erkkilae is Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki.
Meng-Hsuan Chou is Associate Professor and Provost's Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University.
Niilo Kauppi is CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg.
Meng-Hsuan Chou is Associate Professor and Provost's Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University.
Niilo Kauppi is CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg.
Content
1. Introduction
Part 1: Indicators, Data, and Models of Global Knowledge Governance
2. Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education
3. Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent Competition
Part 2: Scripts, Imaginaries, and Policy
4. Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance
5. From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of the "Talent" Imaginary
6. Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition
7. Conclusion
Part 1: Indicators, Data, and Models of Global Knowledge Governance
2. Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education
3. Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent Competition
Part 2: Scripts, Imaginaries, and Policy
4. Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance
5. From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of the "Talent" Imaginary
6. Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition
7. Conclusion
