Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland
This article analyzes three reports on higher education, research and innovation policy in Iceland by using a Foucauldian discourse analysis approach. The reports were released in 2009 and 2012, emphasizing the simplification of the research and innovation system in Iceland. While on the surface the...
Published in: | Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English Icelandic |
Published: |
University of Iceland
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 https://doaj.org/article/a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f 2023-05-15T16:46:51+02:00 Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 https://doaj.org/article/a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f EN IS eng ice University of Iceland http://www.irpa.is/article/view/913 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6803 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-679X 1670-6803 1670-679X doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 https://doaj.org/article/a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 79-99 (2013) Discourse academic freedom public role of universities university and the economy higher education Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 2022-12-31T09:34:16Z This article analyzes three reports on higher education, research and innovation policy in Iceland by using a Foucauldian discourse analysis approach. The reports were released in 2009 and 2012, emphasizing the simplification of the research and innovation system in Iceland. While on the surface the reports include practical recommendations, the study reveals a strong moral stance in the reports which express concerns that too many universities and two small institutions spread efforts too widely. Suggestions to reorganize the system tend to be presented by simply stating that it is important to do so, but sometimes such assertions are also interwoven with arguments for larger and more powerful universities and research institutions. There is a focus in the reports on innovation and the creation of economic value. Research, science, and innovation are firmly combined with the goal of economic growth. There is the undertone that it is relatively easy to define what is good research or even quality research; and the chief criterion seems to be that good research is research that is useful for business and industry. Academic freedom, on the other hand, is rarely discussed in the reports. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 9 1 79 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English Icelandic |
topic |
Discourse academic freedom public role of universities university and the economy higher education Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 |
spellingShingle |
Discourse academic freedom public role of universities university and the economy higher education Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
topic_facet |
Discourse academic freedom public role of universities university and the economy higher education Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 |
description |
This article analyzes three reports on higher education, research and innovation policy in Iceland by using a Foucauldian discourse analysis approach. The reports were released in 2009 and 2012, emphasizing the simplification of the research and innovation system in Iceland. While on the surface the reports include practical recommendations, the study reveals a strong moral stance in the reports which express concerns that too many universities and two small institutions spread efforts too widely. Suggestions to reorganize the system tend to be presented by simply stating that it is important to do so, but sometimes such assertions are also interwoven with arguments for larger and more powerful universities and research institutions. There is a focus in the reports on innovation and the creation of economic value. Research, science, and innovation are firmly combined with the goal of economic growth. There is the undertone that it is relatively easy to define what is good research or even quality research; and the chief criterion seems to be that good research is research that is useful for business and industry. Academic freedom, on the other hand, is rarely discussed in the reports. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson |
author_facet |
Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson |
author_sort |
Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson |
title |
Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
title_short |
Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
title_full |
Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
title_fullStr |
Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
title_full_unstemmed |
Excellence, Innovation and Academic Freedom in University Policy in Iceland |
title_sort |
excellence, innovation and academic freedom in university policy in iceland |
publisher |
University of Iceland |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 https://doaj.org/article/a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_source |
Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 79-99 (2013) |
op_relation |
http://www.irpa.is/article/view/913 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6803 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-679X 1670-6803 1670-679X doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 https://doaj.org/article/a87d46578cd244a19b7618d88426848f |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.1.4 |
container_title |
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla |
container_volume |
9 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
79 |
_version_ |
1766036954001965056 |