The responsible university : exploring the nordic context and beyond

Abstract

The Responsible University: Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond examines how the notion of responsibility manifests itself at various levels and in different phenomena within Nordic higher education institutions and beyond. The book looks at the history and current transformations of the idea of the responsible university; it investigates experiences with innovations such as MOOCs, co-creation and other third-mission activities; and it sheds light on how universities have begun to reorganise themselves through mergers and interdisciplinary arrangements to become more responsible. This book is the product of a series of workshops that took place in Aarhus, Stockholm and Koli in 2017 and 2018 under the heading ‘Moving Towards the Responsible University? A cross-disciplinary network on higher education’s role in the context of growing social and economic inequalities’. We would like to thank NOS-HS—the joint committee for Nordic research councils in the humanities and social sciences—which generously funded our network activities under the project no. 2016-00261/ NOS-HS. We would also like to thank all the participants in the network meetings for their enthusiasm in exploring, presenting and discussing ideas of the responsible university as well as for their original contributions to this book. Finally, we would also like to thank Palgrave Macmillan, Preface in particular, Jemima Warren, Eleanor Christie and Rebecca Wyde, for their professionalism and support in publishing this book.