Early career researchers as stakeholders in university decision‐making in Europe: comparative perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorLeišytė, Liudvika
dc.contributor.authorNačinović Braje, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorAlmog, Shulamit
dc.contributor.authorBaysan, Sultan
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorDaunoraitė, Dovilė
dc.contributor.authorDiogo, Sara
dc.contributor.authorPapaioannou, Panourgias
dc.contributor.authorFarmaki, Anna
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Shlomit
dc.contributor.authorKülcür, Rakibe
dc.contributor.authorMatijošytė, Inga
dc.contributor.authorPralgauskaitė, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorRangelova, Vanya
dc.contributor.authorŠatkovskienė, Dalia
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-16T14:14:23Z
dc.date.available2026-01-16T14:14:23Z
dc.date.issued2026-01-07
dc.description.abstractThe voices of academics have traditionally been strong in university decision‐making bodies, where they participated in the shared governance of the university. It has been customary for senior academics to be represented in managing bodies and to exercise control over the key areas of strategy, finance, quality assurance, study programs, and/or human resources. With the new public management reforms that have swept through higher education (HE) systems, the power of academics has been reduced, while managerial guidance has increased, alongside the fostering of universities’ institutional autonomy. At the same time, the power of other stakeholders, such as students or industry representatives, has also been increasing as part and parcel of the governance reforms, albeit to different degrees and at different paces across various HE systems. In this context, this article seeks to examine the role that early career researchers (ECRs) play in university decision‐making bodies across different countries as internal stakeholders. The research is based on seven case studies from seven European and East Mediterranean countries drawing on documentary data and 55 semi‐structured interviews with ECRs and 14 managers, carried out in 2023–2024. Following stakeholder categories distinguished on the basis of their legitimacy, urgency, and power, this article investigates the extent to which ECRs perceive their voices to be heard. The findings show variance between the case studies regarding formal representation, with most universities in the study having limited representation of ECRs in university and faculty/school‐level decision‐making bodies. The voices of ECRs, however, are heard in informal ways.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/44656
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Inclusion; 14
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectdecision-makingen
dc.subjectearly career researchersen
dc.subjectpoweren
dc.subjectrepresentationen
dc.subjectstakeholdersen
dc.subjectuniversity governanceen
dc.subjectuniversityen
dc.subjectvoiceen
dc.subject.ddc370
dc.subject.rswkWissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs
dc.subject.rswkHochschule
dc.subject.rswkEntscheidungsverhalten
dc.subject.rswkEuropa
dc.titleEarly career researchers as stakeholders in university decision‐making in Europe: comparative perspectivesen
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dc.type.publicationtypeArticle
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationLeišytė, L., Načinović Braje, I., Almog, S., Baysan, S., Carvalho, T., Daunoraitė, D., Diogo, S., Papaioannou, P., Farmaki, A., Feldman, S., Külcür, R., Matijošytė, I., Pralgauskaitė, S., Rangelova, V., & Šatkovskienė, D. (2026). Early Career Researchers as Stakeholders in University Decision‐Making in Europe: Comparative Perspectives. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9683. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9683
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.9683

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