New forms of governance in research organizations : disciplinary approaches, interfaces and integration / edited by Dorothea Jansen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jansen, Dorothea.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research institutes--Management.

Research institutes.

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

xix, 242 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, 2007.

Summary:

Higher education and research institutions are confronted with changing and sometimes contradictory claims from state, industry and society, today. They have to face growing volatility and an acceleration and internationalization of the knowledge process. This book undertakes to develop a sector specific theory of governance of the public research sector and applies it to the German research system. The book is the outcome of a large interdisciplinary project. It analyzes the reforms in the German research system from an integrated perspective of law, economics and social sciences. The case of Germany is compared to reforms in other European countries such as Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The study emphasizes an integrated approach considering the research function of universities as well as the non-university research sector. The focus is on the integration of external and internal governance. First, we pose the question how external competition and control mechanisms do influence internal governance of research institutions and universities and vice versa. Second, we discuss the consequences of these impacts on research.

The book addresses scholars in the field of science and technology studies and research policy as well as actors responsible for establishing and implementing research policies. Managers of research institutions will find insights and guidelines for the strategic positioning of their institutions in a rapidly changing environment. Researchers in the field of governance may profit from the approaches to governance which are applied to the German research system in comparison to other research systems.

Contents:

I Governance - A Political Science Perspective 1

Ia Governance in Connected Arenas - Political Science Analysis of Coordination and Control in Complex Rule Systems / Arthur Benz 3

1 Governance as analytical perspective 3

2 Governance in connected arenas 5

2.1 Arenas and governance regimes 6

2.2 Problems of effective and democratic policy-making in governance regimes 9

2.3 Rule systems, mechanisms of collective action and coordination between arenas 10

2.4 Governance failures 13

2.5 Strategies of actors 14

3 Conclusions: dynamics of governance and the problem of legitimacy 16

3.1 Dynamics of governance 17

3.2 Legitimacy of actors and strategies 18

3.3 Meta-governance 19

Ib Governance of Research - Nine Comments on Arthur Benz / Stefan Kuhlmann 23

Ic Comment-An Organizational Economics View / Dieter Sadowski 27

II Governance - A Legal Perspective 31

IIa Governance Reflected in Political Science and Jurisprudence / Gunnar Folke Schuppert 33

1 Governance as an interdisciplinary bridging concept 33

2 Governance as advanced steering theory - the political-science perspective 35

2.1 Systems-theoretical and actor-centered steering theory as a basic position in social science 35

2.2 Neo-corporatist and network theory concepts of steering as variants of an actor-centered steering theory 37

2.3 From steering to governance or from actors to regulatory structures 39

3 Governance in and by regulatory structures - the jurisprudence perspective 41

3.1 Jurisprudence as a science of control 42

3.2 The providing function of law and the design of regulatory structures suitable for governance 44

3.3 State infrastructural responsibility at work: two examples 49

3.4 The role of law in the process of globalization or juridification as an element of global governance 50

IIb Governance: Interrelationships and Open Questions - Comments on the Article by Gunnar Folke Schuppert / Hans-Heinrich Trute 57

IIc The Role of the State and Private Actors in Governance - Comments on Gunnar Folke Schuppert from a Sociological Perspective / Dorothea Jansen 65

1 Defining governance structure for empirical and interdisciplinary research 66

2 Governance and the role of state and private actors 66

3 Legitimacy of governance structures 67

4 Future research demand 68

III Governance - A Sociological Perspective 71

IIIa Governance from a Sociological Perspective / Rafael Wittek 73

2 Rationalist approaches to organizations 75

3 Culturalist approaches 78

4 Structuralist approaches 79

5 Formal and informal governance: a heuristic 82

6 The governance of research organizations: a case study from the Netherlands 85

IIIb Governance and Compliance - A Comment on Rafael Wittek / Uwe Schimank 99

IIIc Comment on Rafael Wittek / Thomas Grob 103

1 The notion of governance 103

2 Formal and informal governance 103

3 The relation with legal forms of organizations 105

IV Governance - An Integrated Theory 107

IVa Governance of Research - Working towards Interdisciplinary Concepts / Dorothea Jansen 109

2 Interdisciplinarity: chances, risks, approaches 110

2.1 Pros and cons of interdisciplinary research 110

2.2 Approaching an interdisciplinary theory of governance of the research system 112

3 A governance model for the research system 115

3.1 The contribution of the disciplines and a first model of analysis 115

3.2 The role of state and private actors in governance patterns 117

3.3 Legitimacy and learning capacity in governance patterns 120

3.4 Formality and informality in governance patterns: substitution, complementation or blocking 122

3.5 "Modest" law and "modest" organizations 123

3.6 Competition as a governance mechanism and typical linkages to other mechanisms 125

I On the Way towards New Public Management? The Governance of University Systems in England, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany / Harry de Boer, Jurgen Enders, Uwe Schimank 137

1 The governance equalizer 137

2 Governance changes in the four countries 140

2.1 England 141

2.2 The Netherlands 142

2.3 Austria 144

2.4 Germany 146

3 Comparative conclusions 148

II Governance Modes in University Reform in Germany - From the Perspective of Law / Hans-Heinrich Trute, Wolfgang Denkhaus, Barbel Bastian, Kendra Hoffmann 155

1 On the relationship between legal and non-legal forms of coordination of action 155

1.1 Governance modes as a combination of legal and non-legal forms of coordination of action 156

1.2 On the differentiation of governance modes 157

2 Governance modes from the perspective of law 158

2.1 State regulation - differentiated normatively 158

2.2 Established procedures as a means for linking different governance modes 162

2.3 The two levels of the university 162

3 Development trends in the constitution of higher education institutions 163

3.1 The effects of judicial control 163

Laws 172

III The Application of the Concept of Governance to the Structures of German Extra-University Research Organizations from a Legal Perspective / Natalie Arnold 177

1 The meaning of governance for jurisprudence 177

2 Connected "arenas" as the starting point of the analysis 178

3 The necessity of an empirical investigation: interviews in the institutions 178

3.1 Possibilities for the state to exert influence 179

3.2 Autonomy of the individual scientists in the organizations 183

3.3 Organizational participation of the scientists 183

4 Conclusion and prospects 184

IV Analysis of Heterogeneous Collaboration in the German Research System with a Focus on Nanotechnology / Thomas Heinze, Stefan Kuhlmann 189

2 Recent institutional dynamics in the German research system 191

3 Why heterogeneous collaboration is important in the German research system: the case of nano S&T 194

4 Collaborative research activities in nano S&T 196

5 Rationales for research collaboration 199

6 Institutional factors conducive to heterogeneous research collaboration 201

7 Institutional factors interfering with heterogeneous research collaboration 204

V Governance Reforms and Scientific Production Evidence from German Astrophysics / Andreas Wald, Karola Franke, Dorothea Jansen 213

2 Reforms in the German research system 215

3 New governance of research - state of the art 216

4 The changing governance of research at the micro-level: research questions and hypotheses 218

5 Research design and methods 219

5.1 The field of astrophysics in Germany 219

5.2 Data collection and analysis 221

6 Results 222

6.1 Governing the choice and alignment of research topics 222

6.2 Governing network formation 224

6.3 Governing the allocation of resources 225

1 The changing governance of the German research system 233

2 Advancement of the governance model 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402058301

1402058306

OCLC:

85842968