This open access book expands the scholarly and policy debates surrounding digital
transformation in higher education. The authors adopt a pluralistic conceptual framework which
uncovers three analytical elements - contexts mediations and type of effects - for unpacking
empirical manifestations. The publicly funded higher education systems in Nordic countries
provide solid empirical insights into how digital transformations have gained ground before and
during the COVID-19 pandemic and chapter contributions demonstrate how international
digitalisation trends (such as in the global EdTech industry) impact on the core activities of
higher education institutions (HEIs). The findings underscore the importance of assessments
that consider multiple sub-systems within HEIs as well as the complex relationships between
them. By unpacking Nordic dynamics in the light of global processes and developments the
approach adopted and the results generated are of relevance to a much broader global audience
of students and researchers in higher education.
