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Leen Dorsman, professor of university history of Utrecht University introducing the session 'Making sense of contemporary universities', with Floris van Berckel Smit Alexia Coussement @PieterSlaman Christine Teelken aanmelder.nl/politicalhisto…

Jeroen Huisman, professor of Higher Education at CHEGG Ghent University Research, commenting on the papers

Interesting to hear Christine Teelken reflections on the impact of managerialism on the perceived quality of teaching and research in higher education institutions @pol_history conference. #APH2022

Talk by Alexia Coussement about the institutional identity (of the predecessors) of University of Antwerp in a changing political-social context @pol_history conference. Fascinating example of how HE institutions coped with these historical changes. #APH2022

Discussing the findings of my research into the rise of NPM in Dutch universities @pol_history conference. Interesting comment by prof of HE Jeroen Huisman “resource allocation is meant to drive the behavior of people. Maybe that's where the largest impact of NPM is?" #APH2022

New blog on the relevance of a historical perspective to higher education research (together with Alexia Coussement). We present two ways how higher education scholars could use a historical approach. @echer_net echer.org/why-a-historic…

Today we had the first official board transition of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief) PhD council. 🎉 To celebrate this, I am sharing @margotvdweijer's nomination to the AYA award, sadly unsuccessful. This is a tribute to her, for all her efforts to improve PhD life. Thank you♥️ 1/👇

Ons opiniestuk in Het Parool over de internationale groei van universiteiten en de prikkels in het financieringssysteem. Met @PieterSlaman pleit ik voor een nieuwe, brede visie op het stelsel. parool.nl/nederland/opin…

In ScienceGuide verscheen inmiddels een artikel over ons onderzoek naar de relatie universitaire identiteit t.o.v. autonomie en de andere factoren die een rol spelen, met daarbij een expliciete verbinding met de huidige discussie hierover Universiteiten van Nederland scienceguide.nl/2023/08/meer-a…

How is historical knowledge applied in diplomacy and international relations? Yesterday, we welcomed Floris van Berckel Smit, researcher from Radboud Winkels University, to our embassy in Warsaw. Floris studies how historical insights and knowledge are used in foreign policy and diplomacy.