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Current PhD projects

Katharina Lemmens-Krug The Effects of Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) on the steering capacity of university leaders

Aleksandra Kovac The higher education system in Slovenia is in a state of transformation

Ton Van Weel About ministerial power and non-power. An explanatory study of the politics concerning the macro-level efficiency of the program supply in Flemish higher education, 1989-2019

Frans Kaiser Diversity has been a popular theme in higher education policy research for the last few decades.

Habtamu Diriba Garomssa This PhD study pertains to the global diffusion of entrepreneurial university model and its subsequent reformulation and adaptation by a diverse group of actors.

Hacer Tercanli The spotlight in this study is on the phenomenon of living labs and how this open innovation concept is being interpreted and implemented in the higher education sector to address the “grand societal challenges”.

Irena Kuzmanoska This PhD study is about the deans in Slovenia and Macedonia; the life of the Slovenian and Macedonian university as seen through the eyes of their deans.

Paul Flach The most ideal funding of universities and what this could mean in a broader concept of society funding issues is at the heart of this study.

Renze Kolster The central question of Renze’s PhD project is if and to what extent honours – or excellence – education and an international experience contribute to graduates’ employability and their employment outcomes.

Sofya Kopelyan This PhD research explores how strategic university governance can facilitate the implementation of the ‘regional mission’ in the situation of ‘mission stretch’ when universities are trying to target multiple strategic missions at once.

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