Governing Knowledge: The Formalization Dilemma in the Governance of the Public Sciences

Minerva

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Woelert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian higher education; Formalization; Governance knowledge nexus; Research assessment and management; Research policy and governance; Strategic adaptation; Gaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925539481     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: 15731871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-015-9266-5     Document Type: Article

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