Universities in the Knowledge Society

Acknowledgements.- Part I: Overview.- Chapter 1. Universities and the Knowledge Society: An Introduction (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones and Jisun Jung).- Chapter 2. The Transformation of Universities in Response to the Imperatives of a Knowledge Society (Teresa Carvalho).- Chapter 3. Higher Education in the Era of Knowledge Economy (Olga Bain and William Cummings).- Chapter 4. The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS): Evolution of a Major Comparative Research Project (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A Jones and Jisun Jung).- Part II: Systems of Innovation and Higher Education.- Chapter 5. Higher education and the knowledge society agenda in Uganda (Florence Ndibuuza, Patrício V. Langa and Ronald Bisaso).- Chapter 6. Higher Education and Investment in Knowledge: A Perspective from Talent Policies in Mainland China (Hong Shen and Jinwen Luo).- Chapter 7. Recalibrating After Two Decades of Rapid Expansion: The Pursuit of Excellence amid Declining Enrollment in Taiwan (Sophia Shi-Huei Ho and Robin Jung-Cheng Chen).- Chapter 8. Changing Policies of Research, Development, and Innovation and the Characteristics of Academics in Japan (Akira Arimoto, Tsukasa Daizen and Futao Huang).- Chapter 9. Higher Education in the National Research System in South Korea (Soo Jeung Lee and Hyejoo Jung).- Chapter 10. Recent Science and Technology Policies in Turkey:  The Shifting Role and Profile of the National Higher Education System? (Baris Uslu, Alper Calikoglu, Fatma Nevra Seggiec, Sedat Gumus and Yasar Kondakci).- Chapter 11. Research and Higher Education in Russia: Moving Closer Together (Anna Panova and Maria Yudkevich).- Chapter 12. The Role of Universities in the Knowledge-based Society in Lithuania (Liudvika Leisyt , Anna-Lena Rose, Rimantas Zelvys and Sude Peksen).- Chapter 13. Academic Profession for Knowledge Society in Estonia (Eve Mägi, Eneli Kindsiko and Maarja Beerkens).- Chapter 14. Higher Education and the

Timo Aarrevaara is a Professor of Public Management at the University of Lapland, and has professional experience in public administration as well as in research and teaching. Aarrevaara has strong international higher education research links, and is a co-editor of Springer's The Changing Academy Series and author or co-author of several papers and book chapters.

Martin Finkelstein is Professor of Higher Education at Seton Hall University, USA and studies the academic profession in the U.S. and across the globe. He has served as a Visiting Scholar at Claremont University (USA),Hiroshima University (Japan), University of Hong Kong (China) and the Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan). His most recent books include The Faculty Factor (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016) and Professorial Pathways (The Johns Hopkins University Press, March 2019) with Glen Jones. He serves as co-editor of Springer's Changing Academy Series.



Glen Jones is Professor of Higher Education and Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. His research focuses on higher education governance, policy and academic work, and he has published more than 100 papers in the field of higher education.  His recent books include Governance of Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Theories and Practices (Routledge, 2016, with Ian Austin), Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society (Springer, 2018, with J.C. Shin and Barbara Kehm), Professorial Pathways (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019, with Martin Finkelstein), and International Education as Public Policy in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020), with Merli Tamtik and Roopa Desai Trilokekar).




Jisun Jung is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong since 2015. Her current research focuses on academic profession, doctoral education in East Asia, and master's education and employment. She is a co-editor

"With a wealth of comparative data on a few R&D and other indicators, and insightful analytical descriptions of several current issues in higher education, R&D, and knowledge economy, Universities in the Knowledge Society is a valuable addition to the existing research on comparative higher education and knowledge societies." (Jandhyala B G Tilak, The Developing Economies, February 22, 2022)



"This volume is not only be of interest to those wishing to examine the changing nature of work in academia from an international standpoint, but the case-studies of each individual nation offer key insights into the effects of local and national interest as well as the nuances of cultural and societal needs in each geographic location. ... This volume may arguably become a key text for those interested in exploring the knowledge society from an international perspective." (Alison Elizabeth Jefferson, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies, Vol. 2 (4), 2021)