Geographies of the University.

• Superior document: Knowledge and Space Series ; v.12
• Author: Meusburger, Peter.
• TeilnehmendeR: Heffernan, Michael.; Suarsana, Laura.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Knowledge and Space Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (671 pages)

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.

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