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Knowledge alchemy : models and agency in global knowledge governance /
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, res...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2023.
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| Colección: | Transnational Administration and Global Policy
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- Introduction
- 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?
- Conclusions
- 3 Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent Competition
- Introduction
- 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 Européen d'Administration des Affaires and the Global Talent Competitiveness Index
- The Global Talent Competitiveness Index
- The Global Talent Competitiveness Index's advisory board
- Conclusions
- 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
- Conclusions
- 5 From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution and Impact of the 'Talent' Imaginary
- Introduction
- 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?
- Conclusions
- 6 Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition
- Introduction
- The Europe of Knowledge