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Introduction to Special Issue : “Mapping the Europeanisation of the Universities in the 1980s and 1990s”

Östling, Johan LU orcid ; Simonsen, Maria LU ; Verbergt, Marie-Gabrielle LU ; Haikola, Karl LU and Hamre, Martin Kristoffer LU (2026) In European Educational Research Journal 25(3). p.357-374
Abstract
This special issue aims to deepen the understanding of the Europeanisation of universities from 1980 to the mid-1990s. By focussing on five universities situated in different European contexts, we aim to provide insight into how Europeanisation has taken place and changed higher education. The geographical diversity and the main differences between universities provide the opportunity to show both differences and similarities in the process of European integration that the academic system underwent during a crucial period in contemporary history. In addition, we will relate the transformations of the universities to more general and overarching currents during this period. One of them is the acceleration of European integration in the... (More)
This special issue aims to deepen the understanding of the Europeanisation of universities from 1980 to the mid-1990s. By focussing on five universities situated in different European contexts, we aim to provide insight into how Europeanisation has taken place and changed higher education. The geographical diversity and the main differences between universities provide the opportunity to show both differences and similarities in the process of European integration that the academic system underwent during a crucial period in contemporary history. In addition, we will relate the transformations of the universities to more general and overarching currents during this period. One of them is the acceleration of European integration in the years around 1990 when new areas became part of the political project. Another one is the emergence of the so-called knowledge society as a new political discourse and self-understanding. In this context, our comparative approach will be analytically rewarding, where we draw on our expertise of individual universities set in different societies and academic systems. (Less)
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universities, Europeanisation, contemporary history, European integration, history of European integration, knowledge society
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European Educational Research Journal
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25
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3
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18 pages
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SAGE Publications
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  • scopus:105032553290
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1474-9041
DOI
10.1177/14749041261428716
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Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge
The Europeanisation of the Universities: Transforming Knowledge Institutions from within, c. 1985–2010
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English
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  title        = {{Introduction to Special Issue : “Mapping the Europeanisation of the Universities in the 1980s and 1990s”}},
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  doi          = {{10.1177/14749041261428716}},
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