The research mission of the university: policy reforms and institutional response

Abstract

"Papers from the 20th annual CHER conference which took place in University College Dublin, Ireland in 2007 on the theme 'The research mission of the university' ..."--Page vii Machine generated contents note: 1. The Research Mission of the University: An Introduction / David D. Dill -- pt. 1 ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION -- 2. Guardians of Knowledge, Drivers of Change -- Universities Serving Society: A Case Study of National Policy In Ireland / Patrick Cunningham -- 3. Innovation and National Policy-Making: Political Efforts to Reform Swedish Research Policy to Meet the Needs of Innovation Policy, 1996 -- 2007 / Susan Marton -- 4. Research Policy and the European Union -- Multi-Layered Policy Change? / Ase Gornitzka -- pt. 2 RESEARCH REFORMS AND UNIVERSITY ADAPTATION -- 5. Policy Environment and Research Concentration: Evidence from Australia / Maarja Beerkens -- 6. Steering the Dutch Academic Research Enterprise: Universities' Responses to Project Funding and Performance Monitoring / Ben Jongbloed -- 7. Academic Output Preferences in the Context of Changing Higher Education and Research Governance Arrangements / Liuavika Leisyte -- 8. National Assessments of Research Excellence and Impact: UK and Australian Experience / Grant Harman -- 9. Technology Transfer Offices and the Commercialisation of University Research in the United States / Creso M. Sa -- 10. Doctoral Education -- Quo Vadis? / Barbara M. Kehm.