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Geographies of the University.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meusburger, Peter.
Other Authors: Heffernan, Michael., Suarsana, Laura.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Knowledge and Space Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1: Geographies of the University: An Introduction
  • Historical Perspectives
  • The University, Knowledge, and Governance
  • The University and the City
  • The University and the Region
  • The International University
  • References
  • Part I: Historical Perspectives
  • Chapter 2: The Repertorium Academicum Germanicum (RAG) and the Geography of German Universities and Academics (1350-1550)
  • Repertorium Academicum Germanicum
  • An Initial Example-A Database Query
  • The Gelehrtenatlas (Atlas of Scholars)
  • Areas of Mobility and Catchment Areas
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Scientific and Cultural Relations between Heidelberg University and Hungary over Five Centuries
  • Mobility of Students, Scholars, and Knowledge
  • The First Gilded Age of the Relations between Heidelberg University and Hungary and Reasons for its Decline
  • Heidelberg as a Political and Intellectual Center of Calvinism
  • Conditions and Factors that Promoted the Spread of Protestantism in Hungary
  • Philipp Melanchthon
  • Zacharias Ursinus and the Significance of the Heidelberg Catechism
  • David Pareus as a Main Authority on Calvinism and an Instrumental Councilor to the Ruler of Transylvania
  • Fluctuation in the Number of Students
  • Social Origins, Choice of a Place to Study, and Choice of Occupation of the Students from Hungary and Transylvania, 1595-1621
  • Cavalierś Tours (Grand Tours) by Aristocratic Students
  • Foreign Policy Interests of the Transylvanian Princes in the Choice of Where Their Subjects Studied
  • Impacts of the Thirty Years ́War (1618-1648) and the War of Palatine Succession (1688-1697) on the Mobility of Hungarian Stude...
  • The Decline of Heidelberg University in the Eighteenth Century.
  • The Second Intellectual Heyday of Academic Relations between Heidelberg and Hungary: The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centur...
  • Reasons for the Renewed Flood of Hungarian Students to Heidelberg
  • Where the Hungarian Students in Germany Studied, 1789-1919
  • Choice of Majors among Students from Hungary and Transylvania
  • Social Origin and Choice of Subject of the Hungarian Students in Heidelberg
  • Religious Confession of the Hungarian Students Enrolled at Heidelberg University
  • An Explanation of the Soaring Number and Percentage of Jewish Students
  • Social Origin of the Jewish Students at Heidelberg University
  • Heidelberg: One of the First German Universities to Accept Jewish Students
  • Regional Origin of the Hungarians Studying in Heidelberg, 1789-1919
  • Eminent Figures from Hungary Who Studied in Heidelberg in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • Scholars in the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Economics
  • Natural Scientists
  • Stagnation and a Fresh Beginning of Scientific Relations
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Catchment Areas and Killing Fields: Towards an Intellectual Geography of the Thirty Years ́War
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Intellectual Geography
  • The Geography of Universities in the Early Modern Period: An Overview
  • The Thirty Years ́War as a Turning Point in European University History
  • Methodological Presuppositions
  • Part II. Universities within the Holy Roman Empire
  • Reformed Universities
  • Catholic Universities
  • Lutheran Universities
  • Regions Compared
  • Confessions Compared
  • Part III. Universities outside the Holy Roman Empire
  • Scandinavia
  • The Dutch Republic
  • Part IV. Conclusion
  • Findings
  • Prospects
  • References
  • Chapter 5: A Political Geography of University Foundation: The Case of the Danish Monarchy
  • The Danish State from a Territorial Standpoint.
  • The Geopolitics of University Foundation
  • Eastern Denmark
  • The Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein
  • Jutland
  • University Foundation from a Geopolitical Perspective
  • Establishment of Universities and Nation-Building
  • The University of Oslo-Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet
  • The University of Iceland-Hskóli Íslands
  • The University of the Faroe Islands-Fróskaparsetur Føroya
  • The University of Greenland-Ilisimatusarfik
  • Universities as Part of the Arsenal of National Symbols and Institutions
  • Discussion and Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 6: ``A Small Town of Character:́́ Locating a New Scottish University, 1963-1965
  • Early Initiatives
  • A New University for Scotland
  • The Competing Locations
  • Stirling
  • Inverness
  • Ayr, Dumfries, Perth, Falkirk, and Cumbernauld
  • The Decision
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: The University, Knowledge, and Governance
  • Chapter 7: Knowledge Environments at Universities: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
  • The Spatiality of Learning, Research, and Academic Careers
  • What Is a Knowledge Environment and Which Caveats Should Be Considered?
  • Research Needs Specific Environments
  • Research on Knowledge Environments of Universities Should Address Various Caveats
  • Of What Components Does a Local Knowledge Environment Consist?
  • Capacities, Characteristics, and Behavior of Persons Significantly Involved in the Activities of a Scientific Institution
  • Financial and Material Resources
  • Organizational Structures, Institutional Rules and Logics, and Scientific Cultures
  • External Factors of Influence
  • How Can a Knowledge Environment Affect Learning and Research Processes at a Given Place?
  • Universities Offer Unequal Learning and Research Opportunities
  • Environment Related Mechanisms and Processes that Influence Learning and Research?.
  • The Significance of Social Spaces
  • Theoretical Concepts Contributing to the Understanding of How Knowledge Environments Function
  • ``Knowledge Travels in a Selective Way ́́
  • Concepts Focusing on Structure, Agency, Interaction, and Interrelations
  • Theoretical Concepts Focusing on Life Worlds and Holistic Interpretations
  • How Can the Quality and Influences of a Knowledge Environments be Verified?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Innovation Governance: From the ``Endless Frontier ́́to the Triple Helix
  • U.S. Government Role in Innovation
  • Sources of the Assisted Linear Model
  • The Origins of the Endless Frontier
  • Beyond the Endless Frontier
  • The Triple Helix
  • Devolution of Responsibility for Innovation
  • The Changing Role of Government
  • Transition from Statism to Laissez Faire
  • Transition from Statism to Civil Society
  • Transition to an Innovation State
  • Transition to an Interventionist State
  • Innovative Governance
  • U.S. Innovation Policy
  • Bottom-up Activates Top-Down
  • The Emergence of a ``Bottom-Up Planning System ́́
  • Indirect Industrial Policy
  • GovernmentIndustry Initiatives
  • Industry Government Initiatives
  • Conclusion: Endless Frontier and Triple Helix
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Quality Cultures in Higher Education Institutions-Development of the Quality Culture Inventory
  • Theoretical Background
  • The heiQUALITY Cultures Project
  • Methods
  • Operationalization of Quality Culture
  • Structural-Formal Questionnaire
  • Organizational-Psychological Questionnaire
  • Data Collection and Sample Characteristics
  • Selected Results: Evaluation Options
  • Organizational-Psychological Questionnaire
  • Structural-Formal Questionnaire
  • Discussion and Future Prospects
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Agnotology: Ignorance and Absence, or Towards a Sociology of Things that Arent́ There.
  • Agnotology: Properties of Ignorance
  • Ontology and Epistemology
  • Chronicity
  • Granularity
  • Scale
  • Intentionality
  • Absences, More Generally
  • Privatives and Absences
  • Theories and Modalities of Absences: Silences and Invisibilities
  • Symmetry and Stupidity
  • Conclusions: Studying Things that Arent́ There
  • Methodology
  • What do we know about ignorance and absence?
  • Postscript
  • References
  • Part III: The University and the City
  • Chapter 11: The Civic University and the City
  • Universities as Urban Anchor Institutions
  • The University and the Development of the City in the Round
  • Societal Challenges and the Civic University
  • Tensioned Themes
  • Business Models of the University
  • Linking the University to the City and the City to the University
  • The U.K. Experience: Universities and Sustainable, Healthy, and Creative Cities
  • Anchoring Universities in Cities through Urban Foresight: The Civic University in Action
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 12: City and University-An Architectś Notes on an Intriguing Spatial Relationship
  • The Early European University Within the Power Structure of Town, Court (Government), and Pope
  • Urban Integration and Architecture of Early Universities
  • Medieval Paris
  • Medieval Oxford and Cambridge
  • Medieval Vienna
  • Universities in the Early Modern Era
  • The Turn Toward Research Universities
  • The Integration of New Research Facilities: From Convent to Palace
  • Archiginnasio Bologna
  • La Sapienza
  • Altdorf University
  • Uppsala University
  • Vienna University
  • Coimbra University (Portugal)
  • Trinity College in Cambridge, England
  • Triple-wing university buildings as new paradigm
  • An Ideal Plan for a University
  • Early European University Export
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Toward a Modern Research University
  • Universities in the Nineteenth Century.
  • The Rise of Technical Universities.

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