Knowledge alchemy : models and agency in global knowledge governance / Tero Erkkilä, Meng-Hsuan Chou and Niilo Kauppi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erkkilä, Tero, author.

Chou, Meng-Hsuan, 1978- author.

Kauppi, Niilo, author.

Series:

Transnational administration and global policy.

Policy Press scholarship online.

Transnational administration and global policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management--Government policy.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Introducing the concept of 'knowledge alchemy' as the formulation of global standards through the use of indicators and algorithms, this book explores how knowledge alchemy increasingly informs national and institutional policies and practices on economic performance, higher education, research and innovation.

Contents:

Front Cover

Series page

Knowledge Alchemy: Models and Agency in Global Knowledge Governance

Copyright information

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Preface

1 Introduction

Introduction

Conjuncture of ranking and digitalization

Policy diffusion and convergence

Knowledge alchemy and conventional power

Policy scripts, rankings and conventions of knowledge production

Time, narratives and conventions

Conclusions

Part I Indicators, Data and Models of Global Knowledge Governance

2 Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education

Field development of global ranking

Rankings of good governance

Global university rankings

World-class university, conventions and shifting strategies of higher education

University Paris-Saclay: a Cambridge à la française or a university of the future?

3 Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent Competition

Time and place of innovation

City rankings: cities as innovation hubs

Global talent competition and converging metrics of competitiveness, innovation and education

Global talent competition: human capital, mobility and innovation

Human capital, artificial intelligence and talent competition

Producers of global knowledge governance: the case of Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires and the Global Talent Competitiveness Index

The Global Talent Competitiveness Index

The Global Talent Competitiveness Index's advisory board

Part II Scripts, Imaginaries and Policy

4 Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance

Introduction

Global rankings and imaginaries of competitiveness, human capital and artificial intelligence

'The revolution': knowledge governance, digitization and automation

The race for talent: open society and urbanity

Regulation and role of government

Imaginaries and limits of policy scripts

From reaction to anticipation: the OECD's anticipatory innovation governance

Anticipatory governance and the politics of future

5 From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution and Impact of the 'Talent' Imaginary

Academic mobility in medieval Europe

Academic mobility in the age of modern empires

From the Great Wars to the global competition for talent

Conceptualizing academic mobility as a lived experience

Attracting and retaining foreign academic talents in practice: Singapore

The making of Singapore as an attractive academic destination

Moving away from Singapore: increased living expenses, no work-life balance

What does the case of Singapore tell us about the 'global' flows of academics?

6 Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2024).

ISBN:

1-5292-1443-2

1-5292-1442-4

OCLC:

1380465809