Global University Rankings

Erkki Berndtson, University of Helsinki, FinlandDorota Dakowska, University of Strasbourg, FranceTero Erkkilä, University of Helsinki, FinlandÅse Gornitzka, University of Oslo, NorwayNiilo Kauppi, University of Lausanne, France; the University of LuxembourgBarbara M. Kehm, University of Kassel, GermanyJames H. Mittelman, American University, USA Arto Mustajoki is Professor of Russian at the University of Helsinki, Finland Richard Münch, Otto-Friedrich-University, Germany Jon Nixon, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong KongAntti Pelkonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandOssi Piironen, University of Helsinki, FinlandBob Reinalda, Radboud University, the NetherlandsTuula Teräväinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

• Preface PART I: GLOBAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: HISTORY, CONCEPTS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 1. Introduction; Tero Erkkilä 2. The Impact of Rankings on the European Higher Education Landscape; Barbara M. Kehm 3. Global, Asian and European Backgrounds of Global University Rankings; Bob Reinalda PART II: UNIVERSITY RANKINGS AND INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITION: COMMODIFICATION, STRATIFICATION AND UNIFORMITY 4. Convergence and Divergence in Research, Higher Education and Innovation Policies; Antti Pelkonen and Tuula Teräväinen 5. Buffer, Filter or Channel? Åse Gornitzka 6. The Drift to Conformity; Jon Nixon 7. Polish Higher Education and the Global Academic Competition; Dorota Dakowska 8. Reforming Higher Education Institutions in Finland; Tero Erkkilä and Ossi Piirone PART III: UNIVERSITY RANKINGS AND DISCIPLINARITY: CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 9. Measuring Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities; Arto Mustajoki 10. Ranking European Social Science and Stratifying Global Knowledge; Niilo Kauppi 11. Global Disciplinary Rankings and Images of Quality; Erkki Berndtson 12. The Colonization of the Academic Field by Rankings; Richard Münch PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 13. Global Rankings as a Marker of Revaluing the University; James H. Mittelman 14. Conclusions; Tero Erkkilä Index