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The main aim of the panel is to provide an opportunity to discuss the emergence of a number of initiatives in the area of higher education (all linked to the term “Europe of Knowledge”) as well as the impact of said initiatives on higher education systems and organisations. The motivation for this lies in the fact that in higher education, compared to other policy areas, EU has relatively weak instruments and capacity. However, as of the late 90s two important and related developments occurred on the European level: - the intergovernmental Bologna Process, which, although it basically implies voluntary policy coordination, it had an impact on the system level at least in terms of policy outputs, if not in terms of policy outcomes as well; - the supranational Lisbon strategy which is tied to a stronger administrative capacity and significant EU financial resources (primarily through the so-called LLP (Lifelong Learning Programme) and framework programmes for research. Coupled with the change-resistant character of higher education (Clark 1983; Musselin 2005), one of the puzzles that emerge is: How can changes that have taken place at the macro (system) and meso (organisation/university) level be accounted for? Furthermore, given the subsidiarity principle that applies to (higher) education, as well as the high level of professional autonomy, how do European initiatives in higher education come about in the first place? Thus, the panel seeks to enrich the mainstream political science approaches by exploring the dynamics and impact of European integration processes in an area that is outside the focus of general comparative politics.
| Title | Details |
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| National Responses to European Initiatives in Higher Education: Former Yugoslav countries moving towards Europe of Knowledge | View Paper Details |
| Smooth Consultation, Difficult Implementation: The European Qualifications Framework | View Paper Details |
| European initiatives in Higher Education and Institutional Isomorphisms: The case of Serbia | View Paper Details |
| Emergent forms of Knowledge in Higher Education: The contribution of Egonetwork Analysis | View Paper Details |
| Diversity, Intersectionality and the equal treatment policy at German universities | View Paper Details |