| dc.description.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,
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in particular, Jemima Warren, Eleanor Christie and Rebecca Wyde, for
their professionalism and support in publishing this book. | |
