Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking

Looking at higher education policy actors connecting the Finnish and the European Union (EU) contexts, this volume explores the power and influence of networks on decision-making and the utilisation of knowledge within higher education policy. It is unique in providing a new understanding of how Eur...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1686632025-10-25T05:05:08Z Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking Eeva, Katri Kauko, Jaakko politics of European education Europeanization governance networks social network analysis network ethnography interview observation ethnography knowledge positionality reflectivity power dynamics higher education policymaking public administration European integration higher education policymaking policy network EU Finland thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education::JNAM Moral and social purpose of education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions Looking at higher education policy actors connecting the Finnish and the European Union (EU) contexts, this volume explores the power and influence of networks on decision-making and the utilisation of knowledge within higher education policy. It is unique in providing a new understanding of how European higher education policies are shaped and implemented in day-to-day policymaking. Building on existing literature and robust empirical work to focus on EU–Finland knowledge networks, the book develops a novel methodological approach that combines social network analysis, network ethnography, interviews, and observation data to capture how networks can significantly affect the way higher education is governed. Understanding how policy is shaped through knowledge networks is crucial as the EU faces political challenges to its cohesion from internal and external pressures through authoritarian and populist ideologies. This book represents a critical starting point for considering how to theorise, understand, and question the interdependence of knowledge and policy. The topical book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students involved with education policy and politics, higher education studies, and international and comparative education more broadly. 2025-10-25T05:05:08Z 2025-10-25T05:05:08Z 2025-10-24T07:13:22Z 2025 book ONIX_20251024T090950_9781040433065_14 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/107924 9781040433065 9781040433089 9781032704449 9781032712024 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/168663 eng Routledge Research in Higher Education open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/107924/1/9781040433065.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781032712024 10.4324/9781032712024 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040433065 9781040433089 9781032704449 9781032712024 Routledge 188 Oxford open access
spellingShingle politics of European education
Europeanization
governance
networks
social network analysis
network ethnography
interview
observation
ethnography
knowledge
positionality
reflectivity
power dynamics
higher education
policymaking
public administration
European integration
higher education policymaking
policy network
EU
Finland
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education::JNAM Moral and social purpose of education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions
Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title_full Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title_fullStr Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title_full_unstemmed Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title_short Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking
title_sort analysing knowledge networks in higher education policymaking
topic politics of European education
Europeanization
governance
networks
social network analysis
network ethnography
interview
observation
ethnography
knowledge
positionality
reflectivity
power dynamics
higher education
policymaking
public administration
European integration
higher education policymaking
policy network
EU
Finland
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education::JNAM Moral and social purpose of education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions
topic_facet politics of European education
Europeanization
governance
networks
social network analysis
network ethnography
interview
observation
ethnography
knowledge
positionality
reflectivity
power dynamics
higher education
policymaking
public administration
European integration
higher education policymaking
policy network
EU
Finland
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education::JNAM Moral and social purpose of education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions
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