Tenure Tracks in European Universities

Edited by Elias Pekkola, Vice Dean, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University and Taru Siekkinen, Docent, Postdoctoral Researcher, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

• Contents: Preface xv1 Developing and implementing fair and rewarding tenure tracks – organisational and professional aspects 1Taru Siekkinen, Elias Pekkola, Maria Pietilä and Marjukka Mikkonen2 Academic careers in Europe: a nested view 19Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Nina Arnhold, Maria Pietilä, Vitus Püttmann and Andrée Sursock3 The changing academic profession and career trajectories – implications of tenure track in Austria 42Attila Pausits and Corinna Geppert4 The case of Estonia: the applicability of tenure track in a small, ageing, non-English country 58Eneli Kindsiko and Ülo Niinemets5 Tenure track in Finland – from closed vacancy-based recruitment to more diverse tenure track recruitment in Finnish universities 82Taru Siekkinen, Emmi-Niina Kujala, Elias Pekkola and Jussi Kivistö6 France − tenure tracks, but only for some 102Christine Musselin7 Tenure track career options to full professorship in German academia: recent developments and challenges 116Ulrike Schwabe, Frauke Peter and Sandra Buchholz8 The tenure track system in Italy – objectives, expected and unanticipated effects 136Monia Anzivino and Massimiliano Vaira9 Tenure track policies, procedures and career outcomes in a case study university in Ireland – a gendered critique 156 Pat O’Connor and Eileen Drew 10 Tenure track in Norway – a redundant policy? 173 Lene Korseberg and Elisabeth Hovdhaugen 11 Tenured positions in Portugal – what they mean and who holds them 188 Teresa Carvalho, Pedro Videira and Sara Diogo 12 Academic careers and the tenure track system in Spain – coexistence of state and market logics 205 Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer, Carmen Corona-Sobrino, Julia Olmos-Peñuela, Óscar Llopis and Ana García-Granero 13 Contrasting contexts, common causes and challenges: reflections and questions from the US on tenure tracks in Europe 220 Gary Rhoades 14 European tenure track(s): trends and challenges 235 Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen and Marjukka Mikkonen Index 245

‘This is a key contribution to the field of academic work and careers in higher education. Contrary to common assumptions, the tenure track model is not a uniform and standardised system but consists of a number of different versions and applications both in Europe and internationally. This book provides analytical perspectives to address trends of change in academic careers at the individual, organisational and national levels. It brings together some of the best scholars from a number of different countries working in the field of higher education.’