Nanotechnologies are considered as emerging technologies. However, there are already products in the market that claim to incorporate them. This has contributed to the growing interest in the regulation of this field. In this paper, we first introduce the question of regulation in...

Examining the ‘who’ (agents), ‘how’ (policy instruments) and ‘why’ (societal legitimacy) of the governance process, this book presents a conceptual framework about the governance of change in socio-technical systems. Bridging the gap between disciplinary...

This paper is a critical review of the Anglo-Saxon literature since the 1960s on university leadership and governance. The critique draws on a substantial amount of empirical work on operating procedures and governance in French universities. The intention is to show that the issue of university...

Cet article propose une lecture critique de la littérature anglosaxone sur le leadership et le gouvernement des organisations universitaires produite depuis les années 1960. Cette critique prend appui sur un travail empirique conséquent sur les modes de fonctionnement et de gouvernement des...

Indicator-based policy steering is staunchly embedded in an underlying technical approach and a management philosophy that draws on a simplified vision of the organisational relationships between policy designers, users, advisors and overseers. This governance model grounded in the principle of...

Universities are under pressure. All over the world, their resource environment is evolving, demands for accountability have increased, and competition has become more intense. At the same time, emerging countries have become more important in the global system, demographic shifts are changing...

Much has been analyzed regarding the origins and the impact of rankings and metrics on policies, behaviors, and missions of universities. Surprisingly, little attention has been allocated to describing and analyzing the emergence of metrics as a new action field. This industry, fueled by the...