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ESF coordinated research received 2016 international award

Re-Becoming Universities? Higher Education Institutions in Networked Knowledge Societies (Springer Press, 2016), a book co-edited by David M. Hoffman and Jussi Välimaa, was selected for the 2016 Council for International Higher Education (of the US-based Association for the Study of Higher Education - ASHE) award recognising a highly significant outcome in the field of international and comparative education.

The book was based on the study ‘Change in Networks, Higher Education and Knowledge Societies’ (CINHEKS), a six-country comparative study, coordinated and supported by the European Science Foundation, and funded by the national scientific funding agencies of participating countries and universities located in Finland, Germany, Portugal, UK, USA and Russia. The award was presented on November 10th, in Columbus, Ohio, USA at the annual conference of ASHE.

More information at:
https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/archive/2016/11/tiedote-2016-11-15-16-08-58-191472
http://archives.esf.org/coordinating-research/eurocores/programmes/eurohesc.html