The Center focuses on the analysis of governance of and in higher education, and on how the transformation of governance interlinks with the governance of transformation. The broader conceptual understanding refers to higher education governance in context of knowledge society, knowledge economy and knowledge democracy.
Center activities are:
- Combining basic research with applied research, integrated in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary frameworks of scientific and artistic research conduct;
- Reflecting on the pluralism of governance (for example New Public Management, Network Governance and Epistemic Governance) in connection with innovation and Third Mission (the entrepreneurial university), also the Fourth Mission (higher education as co-creator of society and democracy, and the academic firm);
- Contributing to theory-building work by inquiring on the “Democracy Education Nexus”, and concepts of the “Quadruple and Quintuple Helix” innovation systems (co-created by Carayannis and Campbell, “basic research in the context of application”);
- Engaging in major research activities, by participating in calls at the European (Union) level as well as by applying for national funding agencies;
- Offering practical advice and policy recommendations for governance to institutional actors in diversified settings (national, European and global), for example to facilitate leadership governance, being accompanied by the application of various methods, such as an involvement of peers;
- Providing academic-publication-input in peer-reviewed journals and other publication formats, including the department-level academic “Journal of Research and Innovation in Higher Education”, JRIHE;
- Supporting the Third and Fourth Mission narrative-diffusion about higher education, by leading the “Uni Governance” platform-and-blog, and co-organizing the annual conference of the “University Dialogue Krems”;
- Supervising the book series “Sciences Transformation Politics” and the “Kremser Theses” (Knowledge Research Education MULTIPLIER Society Enhancement Renaissance), both being distributed by the publisher Passagen-Verlag;
- Practicing research-based teaching interconnected with teaching-based research.
Team
Research Projects
INTERNATIONAL WORK BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Duration: 28/02/2022–30/04/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): David Friedrich James Campbell
Funding: EU
Publications
Zenk L.; Pausits A.; Brenner B.; Campell D.F.; Behrens D.A. Stöckler E.M.; Oppl St.; Steiner G. (2024). Meta-competences in complex environments: An interdisciplinary perspective. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 101515: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101515
Campbell, D. F. J.; Carayannis, E. G. (2023). The academic firm within a Cyber-D4 environment. In: Carayannis, E. G.; Grigoroudis, E.; Campbell, D. F. J.; Katsikas, S. K., The Elgar Companion to Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in the Economy, Society and Democracy: 300–309, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham
Pausits, A.; Oppl, S.; Schön, S.; Fellner, M.; Campbell, D.F.J.; Dobiasch, M. (2023). Emergency and innovation: the impact of state-of-emergency on innovative educational practices during the Covid-19 pandemic. In: Carayannis, E. G.; Grigoroudis, E.; Campbell, D. F. J.; Katsikas, S. K., The Elgar Companion to Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in the Economy, Society and Democracy: 348-374, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham
Barbato, G.; Bugaj, J.; Campbell, D.F.J.; Cerbino, R.; Ciesielski, P.; Feliks-Dlugosz, A.; Milani, M.; Pausits, A. (2022). Performance indicators in higher education quality management of learning and teaching: lessons from a benchlearning exercise of six European universities. Quality in Higher Education, 28/1: 82-105
Carayannis, E. G.; Campbell, D. F. J. (2022). Towards an Emerging Unified Theory of Helix Architectures (EUTOHA): Focus on the Quintuple Innovation Helix Framework as the Integrative Device. Triple Helix, 9(1): 65-75
Carayannis, E. G.; Campbell, D. F. J.; Grigoroudis, E. (2022). Helix Trilogy: the Triple, Quadruple, and Quintuple Innovation Helices from a Theory, Policy, and Practice Set of Perspectives. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 13(3): 2272-2301
Pausits, A.; Geppert, C.; Lessky, F.; Campbell, D. F. J. (2022). Internationale Beispiele innovativer Hochschulkonzepte, Darstellung von Konzepten zu Lehre, Curriculum und Studienzulassung/Studienrekrutierung. Edition Donau-Universität Krems, Krems
Campbell, D. F. J.; Pausits, A.; Reisky, F. (2022). Die Auswirkungen von COVID-19 auf die Lehre an Österreichs Hochschulen. Erste empirische Evidenzen und deren systematische Reflexion. zeitschrift für hochschulrecht, hochschulmanagement und hochschulpolitik, 55: 55-61
Carayannis, E. G.; Barth, T. D.; Campbell, D. F. J. (2022). O Modelo de Inovação da Hélice Quíntupla. O aquecimento global como desafio e motor da inovação. Revista Direito, Inovação e Regulações, 1(2): 89-111
Lessky, F.; Geppert, C.; Campbell, D. F. J.; Pausits, A. (2022). Die Situation von (Nachwuchs-)Wissenschafter:innen an österreichischen Hochschulen. Ergebnisse einer Sonderauswertung der APIKS-Austria-Befragung. Schriftenreihe Weiterbildung und lebensbegleitendes Lernen, Edition Donau-Universität Krems, Krems
Lectures
Meinungsfreiheit - Wissenschaftsfreiheit. Die Universitäten im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs
Universitätslehrerverband - Delegiertenversammlung, 22/06/2024
Evidenzbasiertes Hochschulmanagement – Chancen und Grenzen
Evidenzbasiertes Hochschulmanagement – Chancen und Grenzen, 12/03/2024
New Governance, new Types of Governors? Thesen zur Zukunft der Universität
Tagung des wissenschaftlichen Personals der Universitäten, 01/03/2024
Plattform Univision Governance
19. Netzwerktreffen Hochschulforschung, 15/11/2023
Third Mission Activities and Interdisciplinary Research at Universities in Austria: Comparison of the CAP (2010) and APIKS (2021) Surveys.
EAIR Forum Linz 2023, 05/09/2023
Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison:Democracy as Innovation Enabler
20th Triple Helix Conference, 28/06/2022
Haben sich Leistungsvereinbarungen als Steuerungsinstrument bewährt?
Haben sich Leistungsvereinbarungen als Steuerungsinstrument bewährt?, 19/01/2022
Arbeitsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. Eine quantitative Untersuchung der Sichtweisen des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Personals an Hochschulen in Österreich
3. Konferenz des Netzwerks Hochschulforschung Österreich, 19/10/2021
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Austrian and Georgian Higher Education Institutions: The impact of contexts on different concepts and methods of implementation.
Uncertainty in Higher Education: Hochschulen in einer von Volatilität geprägten Welt., 19/10/2021
Innovation and Distance Learning: How COVID-19 has Impacted Organizational Development of Austrian Higher Education Institutions
EAIR 43rd Annual Forum, 10/09/2021