The governance and organisation of scientific research undertaken for publication have altered significantly since the end of the Second World War in many industrialised economies. These changes have had significant effects on authority relations governing research goals, approaches and the...

Recent changes in the funding and governance of research universities have attempted to make them more strategically active in contributing to national goals. However, the ability of universities to develop strategic capabilities as cohesive organisations is limited by the inherent uncertainty...

The first part of this book deals with the transformation of universities as strategic organisational actors in some cases creating them as such while the second shows how governance and authority shifts are affecting the kinds of research goals being pursued by academics in different public...