Tero Erkkilä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki. Meng-Hsuan Chou is Associate Professor and Provost’s Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University. Niilo Kauppi is CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Indicators, Data, and Models of Global Knowledge Governance2. Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education3. Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent CompetitionPart 2: Scripts, Imaginaries, and Policy4. Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance5. From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of the “Talent” Imaginary6. Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition7. Conclusion

Tero Erkkilä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki. Meng-Hsuan Chou is Associate Professor and Provost’s Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University. Niilo Kauppi is CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Indicators, Data, and Models of Global Knowledge Governance2. Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education3. Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent CompetitionPart 2: Scripts, Imaginaries, and Policy4. Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance5. From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of the “Talent” Imaginary6. Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition7. Conclusion

Tero Erkkilä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki. Meng-Hsuan Chou is Associate Professor and Provost’s Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University. Niilo Kauppi is CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg.

• 1. IntroductionPart 1: Indicators, Data, and Models of Global Knowledge Governance2. Global Rankings of Good Governance and Higher Education3. Human Capital and the Rise of the Global Talent CompetitionPart 2: Scripts, Imaginaries, and Policy4. Global Imaginaries of Knowledge Governance5. From the Medieval Scholar to the Global Flows of Academics: Exploring the Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of the “Talent” Imaginary6. Strategies and Policies for the Global Talent Competition7. Conclusion