The Social Structures of Global Academia

ISBN-13: 9780367670771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 252 str.

Fabian Cannizzo; Nick Osbaldiston

Opis

The Social Structures of Global Academia exposes readers to a variety of issues that are impacting academics across the globe. The volume includes contributions by leading social scientists and innovative research from emerging scholars.

Spis treści

1. An Introduction to the Social Structures of Global Academia Fabian Cannizzo and Nick Osbaldiston

Part I: Academic Ethics

2. The Public Good of Higher Education John Holmwood

3. Beyond the Academic Ethic Stephen Turner

4. Academic Service: Attachment, Belief and Hope Nick Osbaldiston, Fabian Cannizzo and Christian Mauri

Part II: Affective Cultures

5. Affective Infrastructures of Global Academia Mona Mannevuo and Elina Valovirta

6. Academic Craftwork: On Authenticity and Value in Academia Fabian Cannizzo

7. Happy in Academia: The Perspective of the Academic Elite Oili-Helena Ylijoki

Part III: Funding and Metrics

8. Early Career Academic and Evaluative Metrics: Ambivalence, Resistance and Strategies Gaby Haddow and Björn Hammarfelt

9. The Rise of Project Funding and its Effects on the Social Structure of Academia Thomas Franssen and Sarah de Rijcke

10. Racing for What? Anticipation and Acceleration in the Work and Career Practices of Academic Life Science Postdocs Ruth Müller

Part IV: Agency and Control

11. Formulating the Academic Precariat Christian Mauri

12. Living and Working in the Contemporary University Sarah R. Davies

13. Fields of Struggle: University Work and Global Change Raewyn Connell

O autorze

Fabian Cannizzo is an independent researcher in Melbourne, Australia

Nick Osbaldiston is a senior lecturer at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia