The UNIKE project will train a networked group of critical researchers who will examine the changing roles and scope of universities in emerging global knowledge economies. They will also compare developments in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Rim. The project will comprise 12 new PhD projects and 2 postdoc projects and is currently open. Applicants from all countries are eligible for the positions.
- ASEM meetings and HE ‘policy travel’ from Europe to Asia
- Internationalisation of higher education in centres and peripheries
- Conjunction of Chinese and Western educational traditions in the design and teaching of Sino-Danish Centre courses
- Academic values between globalisation and globalism
- Models of doctoral education
- Mapping the field of higher education industries, and choosing case studies
- Audit culture and the Industries of ranking
- Think Tanks and Academic Entrepreneurs in the Production of Knowledg
- Impact of governance changes on the educational categories and internal life of universities
- Alternative forms of university ownership, finance and organisation
- Governance through Autonomy – A context-rich comparative study.
- Management and gender
- New landscapes of publishing and knowledge dissemination
- Academic entrepreneurialism, civil society and democracy
Application deadline is Sunday 3 February 2013 at 17:00 CET.
"The project has a wide and international scope and is initiated in collaboration with five other European universities and 15 universities from the Pacific Region. The purpose of the project is to establish a global network for researchers, including PhDs and postdocs, which can critically analyse university developments in different parts of the world," says Susan Wright, professor at Aarhus University and head of the project.
The project starts with the academic year 2013.