Crisis Response in Higher Education: How the Pandemic Challenged University Operations and Organisation

Conceptual framework: the service university as a new mission for universities

Methods: from macro to micro

British universities: escaping the excellence/accountability trap.

Australia: beyond the enterprise university

wedish universities: resurrecting the welfare university

frican university - (re)building societies

Asian universities - novel ways of engaging with society

Conclusion and comparison: to transform and shape - opportunities and obstacles

Mats Benner is Professor and Dean at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Sweden. He has written extensively on research policy and university governance, and served on many advisory committees for universities, organizations and governments.

Mary O’Kane is a company director, government advisor and Executive Chair of O’Kane Associates, specialising in major reviews of research and academic organisations in a range of countries. She was New South Wales Chief Scientist & Engineer from 2008-2018; and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1996-2001. She is particularly experienced in the governance of research companies and organisations.

Jonathan Grant is founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research. His main interests are in biomedical and health R&D policy, research impact assessment, the use of research and evidence in policy and decision-taking, and the social purpose of universities in the 21st century. He was previously Professor of Public Policy at King’s College London.