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Hybridity Through Transitions
Crisis and Resilience in Nordic Universities
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Hybridity Through Transitions: Crisis and Resilience in Nordic Universities investigates how Nordic higher education institutions adapt to crises and long-term reforms by blending traditional academic values with market-oriented governance. Drawing on empirical studies from Finland, Sweden, and Norway, the book examines hybridity as both a structural condition and a resilience mechanism. It explores how universities respond to challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, digitalisation, and marketisation, offering a conceptual and comparative framework for understanding institutional transformation. This timely volume is essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the evolving landscape of higher education governance and the future of academic institutions.
Contributors are: Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Michael Oduro Asante, Lars Geschwind, Tina Hedmo, Jan-Erik Johanson, Henna Juusola, Kerttu Kettunen, Tommi Kärkkäinen, Harri Laihonen, Stefan Lundborg, Marjukka Mikkonen, Reetta Muhonen, Elias Pekkola, Motolani Peltola, Marc C. Perkins, Rómulo Pinheiro, Johanna Pöysä-Tarhonen, Tomi Rajala, Ãris Santos, Taru Siekkinen, Cathrine Edelhard Tømte, Jarmo Vakkuri, Minni Virtanen and Caroline Waks.
Contributors are: Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Michael Oduro Asante, Lars Geschwind, Tina Hedmo, Jan-Erik Johanson, Henna Juusola, Kerttu Kettunen, Tommi Kärkkäinen, Harri Laihonen, Stefan Lundborg, Marjukka Mikkonen, Reetta Muhonen, Elias Pekkola, Motolani Peltola, Marc C. Perkins, Rómulo Pinheiro, Johanna Pöysä-Tarhonen, Tomi Rajala, Ãris Santos, Taru Siekkinen, Cathrine Edelhard Tømte, Jarmo Vakkuri, Minni Virtanen and Caroline Waks.
Elias Pekkola, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Security Governance at Tampere University, where he also serves as Vice Dean for Education in the Faculty of Management and Business. His research focuses on public administration, crisis management, and security governance. Dr. Pekkola has co-edited several books and contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications. His recent work includes studies on leadership in crisis resilience and the dynamics of public administration in complex hybrid environments
Luiz Alonso de Andrade, PhD., is a researcher and university teacher at the administrative sciences unit in the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland. Luiz's recent research targets digitalisation and hybridity in higher education, social security policy, bureaucratic decision-making, and digital self-services. Luiz also worked as a manager in Brazilian national social security, where he led collaborative governance and digitalisation projects.
Kerttu Kettunen (DSc) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Innovation at the University of Agder School of Business and Law. Her research spans organization theory, marketing studies, and higher education. She is particularly interested in the history of management education, international accreditation processes, and the dynamics of competition among business schools. Her recent work focuses on how perceptions of corporate brand, reputation, status, and legitimacy are shaped by organizational stakeholders within social media communities. Kerttu has published in leading academic journals, including Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Inquiry, Scandinavian Journal of Management, and Studies in Higher Education.
Stefan Lundborg, PhD., is part of the Higher Education Organization Studies (HEOS) research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and is the Chief Audit Executive of Ãrebro University. His research interests concern the academic profession and higher education governance.
Luiz Alonso de Andrade, PhD., is a researcher and university teacher at the administrative sciences unit in the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland. Luiz's recent research targets digitalisation and hybridity in higher education, social security policy, bureaucratic decision-making, and digital self-services. Luiz also worked as a manager in Brazilian national social security, where he led collaborative governance and digitalisation projects.
Kerttu Kettunen (DSc) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Innovation at the University of Agder School of Business and Law. Her research spans organization theory, marketing studies, and higher education. She is particularly interested in the history of management education, international accreditation processes, and the dynamics of competition among business schools. Her recent work focuses on how perceptions of corporate brand, reputation, status, and legitimacy are shaped by organizational stakeholders within social media communities. Kerttu has published in leading academic journals, including Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Inquiry, Scandinavian Journal of Management, and Studies in Higher Education.
Stefan Lundborg, PhD., is part of the Higher Education Organization Studies (HEOS) research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and is the Chief Audit Executive of Ãrebro University. His research interests concern the academic profession and higher education governance.
Foreword
âMirko Noordegraaf
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Hybridity in Higher Education as Resilience to Crises, Issues and Challenges
âElias Pekkola, Jan-Erik Johanson, Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Stefan Lundborg, Kerttu Kettunen and Minni Virtanen
2 Higher Education: Mongrel in the Making
âJan-Erik Johanson, Jarmo Vakkuri and Elias Pekkola
3 Emerging Hybridity in Higher Education: From Market-Inspired Educational Offerings towards Inclusive, Fluid Educational Spaces
âJohanna Pöysä-Tarhonen
4 Hybridity Theory and Crisis: Observations from Finnish Higher Education Organizations in the Era of COVID-19
âMarc C. Perkins
5 Trial by Fire: Management during Crisis in Swedish Higher Education Institutions
âStefan Lundborg and Lars Geschwind
6 From Remote to Hybrid Work: Managing New Forms of Work in Higher Education Institutions Post-COVID-19
âÃÂris Santos, Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Harri Laihonen and Motolani Peltola
7 Nested Hybridity in International Higher Education Collaboration during the Times of War: A Comparative Study of Finland and Sweden
âHenna Juusola
8 Coping with Hybridity in Higher Education: The Impact of Digitalization on Teaching Practices
âCathrine Edelhard Tømte, Kerttu Kettunen, Michael Oduro Asante and Rómulo Pinheiro
9 Hybrid Roles in the Making: Analysing the Effects of Digitalisation on Academic Roles and Relations in Nordic Higher Education
âMichael O. Asante, Rómulo Pinheiro, Kerttu Kettunen and Cathrine Edelhard Tømte
10 Hybridity within Market-Based Accountability in Higher Education Teaching
âTomi Rajala
11 Increased Hybridity in the Policy Governing Academic Leadership Positions: The Role of Head of Department in Swedish Public Universities
âTina Hedmo and Caroline Waks
12 As a Dean, You Are Stuck between the Top Management and Academia, a Bit Like the Patty in a Hamburger: Hybrid Roles of Academic Middle Managers in Finnish Universities
âTaru Siekkinen, Elias Pekkola and ÃÂris Santos
13 The Hybrid Values in Universities of Applied Sciences: Board Membersââ¬â¢ Perspectives
âMarjukka Mikkonen, Elias Pekkola, Luiz Alonso de Andrade and Jan-Erik Johanson
14 Balancing with Academic Perspectives in Knowledge Brokering ââ¬â Arranging the Hybridity of Knowledge Brokering Organisations
âTommi Kärkkäinen and Reetta Muhonen
15 Defining and Typologising Hybridity: Resilience Mechanisms and Crises Responses in Nordic Higher Education
âElias Pekkola, Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Stefan Lundborg, Kerttu Kettunen, Taru Siekkinen, and Minni Virtanen
Index
âMirko Noordegraaf
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: Hybridity in Nordic Higher Education
1 Hybridity in Higher Education as Resilience to Crises, Issues and Challenges
âElias Pekkola, Jan-Erik Johanson, Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Stefan Lundborg, Kerttu Kettunen and Minni Virtanen
2 Higher Education: Mongrel in the Making
âJan-Erik Johanson, Jarmo Vakkuri and Elias Pekkola
3 Emerging Hybridity in Higher Education: From Market-Inspired Educational Offerings towards Inclusive, Fluid Educational Spaces
âJohanna Pöysä-Tarhonen
PART 2: Nordic Universities and Crisis
4 Hybridity Theory and Crisis: Observations from Finnish Higher Education Organizations in the Era of COVID-19
âMarc C. Perkins
5 Trial by Fire: Management during Crisis in Swedish Higher Education Institutions
âStefan Lundborg and Lars Geschwind
6 From Remote to Hybrid Work: Managing New Forms of Work in Higher Education Institutions Post-COVID-19
âÃÂris Santos, Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Harri Laihonen and Motolani Peltola
7 Nested Hybridity in International Higher Education Collaboration during the Times of War: A Comparative Study of Finland and Sweden
âHenna Juusola
8 Coping with Hybridity in Higher Education: The Impact of Digitalization on Teaching Practices
âCathrine Edelhard Tømte, Kerttu Kettunen, Michael Oduro Asante and Rómulo Pinheiro
9 Hybrid Roles in the Making: Analysing the Effects of Digitalisation on Academic Roles and Relations in Nordic Higher Education
âMichael O. Asante, Rómulo Pinheiro, Kerttu Kettunen and Cathrine Edelhard Tømte
PART 3: Nordic Universities and Marketisation
10 Hybridity within Market-Based Accountability in Higher Education Teaching
âTomi Rajala
11 Increased Hybridity in the Policy Governing Academic Leadership Positions: The Role of Head of Department in Swedish Public Universities
âTina Hedmo and Caroline Waks
12 As a Dean, You Are Stuck between the Top Management and Academia, a Bit Like the Patty in a Hamburger: Hybrid Roles of Academic Middle Managers in Finnish Universities
âTaru Siekkinen, Elias Pekkola and ÃÂris Santos
13 The Hybrid Values in Universities of Applied Sciences: Board Membersââ¬â¢ Perspectives
âMarjukka Mikkonen, Elias Pekkola, Luiz Alonso de Andrade and Jan-Erik Johanson
14 Balancing with Academic Perspectives in Knowledge Brokering ââ¬â Arranging the Hybridity of Knowledge Brokering Organisations
âTommi Kärkkäinen and Reetta Muhonen
PART 4: Conclusions
15 Defining and Typologising Hybridity: Resilience Mechanisms and Crises Responses in Nordic Higher Education
âElias Pekkola, Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Stefan Lundborg, Kerttu Kettunen, Taru Siekkinen, and Minni Virtanen
Index
Scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the evolving landscape of higher education governance and the future of academic institutions.