Universities in Times of Crisis and Disruption

Lorraine Ling is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia and has worked as an education academic in universities for over 35 years during which time she has fulfilled a range of roles including lecturing, executive Dean of Education, Head of Campus and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor. Her research interests include education policy, educational administration, sociology of education, values in education and research paradigms and methods. Lorraine has led international educational development projects and has authored and co-authored many journal articles and books. She had received numerous awards in recognition of her contribution to education and teacher education.Kay Livingston is Professor of Educational Research, Policy and Practice at the School of Education, University of Glasgow, UK. She has worked as an education academic for over 30 years, holding a range of roles in universities including Co-ordinator of International Education, Director of an Education Research Centre, Reseach Impact Champion and undertaken a secondment to a government agency as Director of International Research and Innovation in an educational policy context. Her work has a strong international focus and she has knowledge and expertise in education systems across Europe. Her main research interests include teacher education, innovation in curriculum, assessment and pedagogy and digital literacies. Kay has lead many international research and development projects. She has authored and co-authored journal articles and books and was editor of the European Journal of Teacher Education for many years and was a co-editor of the Curriculum Journal.

"The University in Dislocated Complexity is a tremendous book, working as it does on several levels and yet with a conversational and highly accessible and inviting style. It is chockfull of ideas and builds on innovative concepts (such as ‘dislocated complexity’ itself, ‘unscripted agency’, ‘emanant trust’), it is full of telling examples, it will have wide resonance across the world, and it is motivated by a sense that universities can even develop their agency amid the maelstroms that they face. The complexity that universities face may be dislocated and, indeed, dislocating but it need not be dispiriting: there is much that can be done. It is a book for our times in higher education."- Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London, UK.

• 1. Introduction: Inspiration for this Book 2. The Concept of Dislocated Complexity 3. The University in Dislocated Complexity 4. University Policymaking in Dislocated Complexity 5. University Leadership in Dislocated Complexity 6. Learning and Teaching in Universities in Dislocated Complexity 7. University Research in Dislocated Complexity 8. The University Workforce in Dislocated Complexity 9. University and the Community - A Mutual Affinity Paradigm 10. From the Neoliberal to the Agentic University 11. Reflections on Dislocated Complexity