This book explores how the notion of the responsible university manifests itself at various
levels within Nordic higher education. As the impetus of the knowledge society has catapulted
the higher education sector to the forefront of policy agendas universities and other types of
higher education institutions face increasing scrutiny assessment and accountability. This
book examines this phenomenon using the Nordic countries as cases in point given the strong
public commitment towards widening participation and public research investments. The editors
and contributors analyse the history and current transformations of the idea of the responsible
university investigate new innovations in the educational landscape and look into how
universities have begun to organise themselves to become more responsible. Drawing together
scholars from the humanities and the social sciences this interdisciplinary collection will be
of interest and value to students and scholars of the role and nature of the modern university
in addition to practitioners and policy makers tasked with finding solutions to address the
competing and often contradictory demands posed by a responsibility agenda.
