#  Convening: Mahindra Seminar on Universities: The Academic Profession in Knowledge-Based Societies: Global Perspectives 

 





November 03, 2021

 

 

Sort    Sort    Sort    











  



 





  



 

    Sort    Sort    











  



 





  



 Sort    Sort    Universities: Past, Present, and Future A seminar organized by Julie Reuben, Louis Menand, and Manja Klemencic  
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

   
***Coming Up!***  
  
**Wednesday, November 3rd**  
**8:00 - 9:30 a.m. ET**  
  
**Webinar:  
The Academic Profession in Knowledge-Based Societies: Global Perspectives**

 With the changing landscapes of higher education the conditions of academic work continue to evolve across the world. This seminar brings together a panel of foremost scholars of the academic profession to address the questions of changing academic career structures, academics’ involvement in higher education governance, the changing nature of research within academic work, evaluation of academic work, and academics’ role in the nexus of national systems of innovation and higher education. The panelists will draw on the findings from the survey conducted by the global research network “The Academic Profession in Knowledge-based Societies (APIKS)”, their own publications and the many publications drawing on the work of this research network.

 











  



 





  



 Sort    Sort    [Register Here!](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SK7L6dQgT5G0ooTPqKYFuQ) 











  



 





  



 Sort    Sort    Moderator:  
**Manja Klemenčič**, Lecturer on Sociology and Lecturer in General Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University  
  
Panelists:  
**Professor Glen Jones**, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada  
**Professor Liudvika Leišytė**, Deputy Director, Center for Higher Education, Department of Business and Economics, TU Dortmund, Germany  
**Professor Marek Kwiek**, Director, Center for Public Policy Studies and UNESCO Chair in Institutional Research and Higher Education Policy, University of Poznan, Poland  
**Professor Mónica Marquina**, an independent researcher of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONICET), a Graduate Professor at National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Professor at University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in Educational Policy and Comparative Education, Argentina  
**Professor Timo Aarrevaara**, Professor of Administrative Science at the University of Lapland, Finland  
  
[***Learn More***](https://universities-pastpresentfuture.mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/academic-profession-knowledge-based-societies-global)

 [***Subscribe to our mailing list!***](http://eepurl.com/cZljcb) If you are interested in presenting at the Universities: Past, Present, and Future seminar, please contact [Natalie\_Solomon@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:Natalie_Solomon@gse.harvard.edu).

 











  



 





  



 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 Share on:- [     Facebook ](#)
- [     Twitter ](#)
- [     Linkedin ](#)