TY - JOUR
T1 - The public university and the retreat from globalisation
T2 - An economic geography perspective on managing local-global tensions in international higher education
AU - Knight, Eric
AU - Jones, Andrew
AU - Gertler, Meric S.
PY - 2020/12/8
Y1 - 2020/12/8
N2 - As a growing backlash against globalisation gathers momentum, internationally oriented public universities face a period of great unrest. In particular, they find themselves caught between the narrowing local agendas of their public funders and the global outlook of their researchers and students. We suggest that an economic geography lens provides a powerful perspective for how universities might navigate these tensions. Specifically, we show how local-global tensions can be managed through strategies engaged at the city and regional level. Our contribution seeks to inform current debates in the higher education sector and bring economic geography more centrally into public discourse on this topic.
AB - As a growing backlash against globalisation gathers momentum, internationally oriented public universities face a period of great unrest. In particular, they find themselves caught between the narrowing local agendas of their public funders and the global outlook of their researchers and students. We suggest that an economic geography lens provides a powerful perspective for how universities might navigate these tensions. Specifically, we show how local-global tensions can be managed through strategies engaged at the city and regional level. Our contribution seeks to inform current debates in the higher education sector and bring economic geography more centrally into public discourse on this topic.
KW - Public universities
KW - economic geography
KW - impact and engagement
KW - local-global tensions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097313434&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0308518X20959082
DO - 10.1177/0308518X20959082
M3 - Article
JO - Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
JF - Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
SN - 0308-518X
ER -