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Cover Handbook on Research Assessment in the Social Sciences
Handbook on Research Assessment in the Social Sciences
Edited by Tim C.E. Engels and Emanuel Kulczycki
This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current developments, issues and good practices regarding assessment in social science research. It pays particular attention to the challenges in evaluation policies in the social sciences, as well as to the specificities of publishing in the area.
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Handbook
Published:
12 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372559
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover A Research Agenda for Global Higher Education
A Research Agenda for Global Higher Education
Edited by Jeroen Huisman and Marijk van der Wende
This innovative Research Agenda critically reflects on the state of the art and offers inspiration for future higher education research across a variety of geographical, disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. It explores the impact of Covid-19, and the need to re-engage with the Global South and reconsider conventional paradigms and assumptions. Leading international contributors address a set of salient issues, ranging from research on macro-level themes to meso and micro-level phenomena.
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Monograph Book
Published:
11 Feb 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376069
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Research Handbook on University Rankings
Research Handbook on University Rankings
Theory, Methodology, Influence and Impact
Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn and Georgiana Mihut
Gathering unique and thoughtful contributions from leading international scholars, this timely Research Handbook offers diverse perspectives on university rankings twenty years after the first global rankings emerged. It presents an in-depth analysis that reflects the current state of research on rankings, their influence and impact.
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Handbook
Published:
10 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974981
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover The Lifecycle of Trust in Education
The Lifecycle of Trust in Education
Leaders as Moral Agents
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith D. Walker
Understanding the dynamics of trust is an imperative undertaking for educational leaders. In this book, using an ecological perspective of the lifecycle, the authors situate trust as an essential ingredient of school leaders’ moral agency and ethical decision making. Based on their 15 years of research on trust in education, the authors describe the nature and dimensions of trust, its importance and imperative, and its fragility and usefulness for school leaders, positioning them as trust brokers in school organizations.
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Monograph Book
Published:
06 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371323
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education
Edited by Frank Adamson, Sylvain Aubry, Mireille de Koning, and Delphine Dorsi
This insightful book analyses the process of the first adoption of guiding human rights principles for education, the Abidjan Principles. It explains the development of the Abidjan Principles, including their articulation of the right to education, the state obligation to provide quality public education, and the role of private actors in education.
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Monograph Book
Published:
18 May 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106033
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Science Evaluation and Status Creation
Science Evaluation and Status Creation
Exploring the European Research Council's Authority
Peter Edlund
In this insightful book, Peter Edlund takes a status-based approach to theorizing the development of the European Research Council (ERC). Drawing upon rich empirical material, the author vividly details how the ERC was transformed from a funding organization into an authoritative status intermediary in European science.
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Monograph Book
Published:
17 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106095
Collection:
Business 2020
Cover Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
Edited by Michael R.M. Ward and Sara Delamont
This updated second edition unpacks the discussions surrounding the finest qualitative methods used in contemporary educational research. Bringing together scholars from around the world, this Handbook offers sophisticated insights into the theories and disciplinary approaches to qualitative study and the processes of data collection, analysis and representation, offering fresh ideas to inspire and re-invigorate researchers in educational research.
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Handbook
Published:
07 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977159
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover A Research Agenda for Academic Integrity
A Research Agenda for Academic Integrity
Edited by Tracey Bretag
Within the field of higher education, academic integrity is a subject of intense debate. This highly topical book provides indepth analysis of emerging threats to academic integrity, and practical, evidence-based recommendations for creating cultures of integrity. It includes the latest research on contract cheating, and how to identify and respond to it. Internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines and countries provide expertise on existing and emerging threats to academic integrity and offer evidence-based advice to all higher education stakeholders.
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Monograph Book
Published:
26 Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903775
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Modern Day Challenges in Academia
Modern Day Challenges in Academia
Time for a Change
Edited by Marilena Antoniadou and Mark Crowder
Examining the modern day challenges faced by academics throughout their working lives, this timely book investigates the ways in which academic careers are changing, the reasons for these changes and their potential future impacts. Contributors with insider experience of both traditional research focussed universities and newer institutions with an emphasis on teaching, utilise theoretical and empirical methods to provide international perspectives on the key issues confronting modern day academics.
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Monograph Book
Published:
17 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119191
Collection:
Business 2020
Cover The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education
The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education
Does Equal Access Matter?
Edited by Katja Repo, Maarit Alasuutari, Kirsti Karila, and Johanna Lammi-Taskula
This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children’s circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on the issues and pitfalls related to equal access.
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Monograph Book
Published:
07 Jan 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788117753
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020