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FINNUT-Forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren

Does it matter? Assessing the performance effects of changes in leadership and management structures in Nordic Higher Education

Background There is a general assumption amongst policy makers and university managers that reforms in the internal management and leadership structures of universities positively contribute to increasing performance. Yet, few studies have so far shed light on this relationship, despite the cont...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Agder

NOS-HS-Sekr. nord. sam.nemd. HumSam

EWS The global financial crisis and the public sector in the Nordic countries

Acute financial crises, as the one being experienced since 2008, tend to exercise a negative effect on the provision of public services - largely as a result of resource stringencies and efficiency-enhancing measures.Despite the fact that the Nordic count ries as a whole have been less affected b...

Awarded: NOK 56,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Agder