Steering at a distance: research centres funding schemes as instruments for university change
In addition to promoting reforms, governments foster change in university systems through funding, competition and new policy instruments. Little research has been conducted on how research centres funding schemes support organisational changes in universities and on their institutional and policy b...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/342444 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/342444 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Research funding instruments University change Organisational autonomy Authority sharing University governance Centres of excellence Higher education institutions |
| Sumario: | In addition to promoting reforms, governments foster change in university systems through funding, competition and new policy instruments. Little research has been conducted on how research centres funding schemes support organisational changes in universities and on their institutional and policy barriers. This article addresses the research centres funding scheme implemented by the regional government of Galicia (Spain) in 2016. The approach is observational and based on documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with key actors. The regional government sought to encourage organisational differentiation by increasing the autonomy of centres inside the universities and to enhance strategic research agendas, reinforcing the scientific authority of the centres’ directors. We found that the design and operation of the instrument in the context of the existing university governance system, and the interaction with other funding instruments within the policy mix, may create barriers that hinder the effectiveness of the funding scheme. |
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