Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is the President and a co-founder of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.Søren S.E. Bengtsen is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Higher Education Futures, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the Chair and a co-founder of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.Rikke Toft Nørgård is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Board Member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.

The cultures of universities are what allow them to be effective producers and disseminators of knowledge. Knowing what these cultures consist of, and how they are created, is therefore central to understanding universities’ roles in society. This book probes these important questions and challenges our thinking on what the university actually is.

• Introduction1. Whatever Happened to the University for Culture?Part I: Warring cultures and a universal culture - (Ronald Barnett, University College London, UK)2. The Cultural Crisis of the University3. Culture Wars: Multiplication and (possible) Re-unification4. A Common Culture - No and Maybe5. For the University and the World: a Culture of the EarthPart II: Designing for cultural places - (Rikke Toft Nørgård, Aarhus University, Denmark)6. Placeful Cultures and Cultural Places7. The Atmospheric University and Cultural Atmospheres8. Cultures for Collective Visioning and Future-Making9. Future-Scaping Alternative UniversitiesPart III: Within and beyond culture - (Søren Bengtsen, Aarhus University, Denmark)10. Higher Education as Cultural Formation11. Cultural Leadership12. The Indivisible13. Beyond CulturePart IV: Dialogical Imaginings14. University Culture as Force, Coexistence, Endeavour and Entanglement Rikke Nørgård15. A University of One’s Own Søren Bengtsen16. An Ecological Culture for a Non-Comprehending World Ronald BarnettEndnote: Uniting the University and Even the Earth: the Twin CulturesBibliographyIndex

Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is the President and a co-founder of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.Søren S.E. Bengtsen is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Higher Education Futures, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the Chair and a co-founder of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.Rikke Toft Nørgård is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Board Member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society.

The cultures of universities are what allow them to be effective producers and disseminators of knowledge. Knowing what these cultures consist of, and how they are created, is therefore central to understanding universities’ roles in society. This book probes these important questions and challenges our thinking on what the university actually is.

• Introduction1. Whatever Happened to the University for Culture?Part I: Warring cultures and a universal culture - (Ronald Barnett, University College London, UK)2. The Cultural Crisis of the University3. Culture Wars: Multiplication and (possible) Re-unification4. A Common Culture - No and Maybe5. For the University and the World: a Culture of the EarthPart II: Designing for cultural places - (Rikke Toft Nørgård, Aarhus University, Denmark)6. Placeful Cultures and Cultural Places7. The Atmospheric University and Cultural Atmospheres8. Cultures for Collective Visioning and Future-Making9. Future-Scaping Alternative UniversitiesPart III: Within and beyond culture - (Søren Bengtsen, Aarhus University, Denmark)10. Higher Education as Cultural Formation11. Cultural Leadership12. The Indivisible13. Beyond CulturePart IV: Dialogical Imaginings14. University Culture as Force, Coexistence, Endeavour and Entanglement Rikke Nørgård15. A University of One’s Own Søren Bengtsen16. An Ecological Culture for a Non-Comprehending World Ronald BarnettEndnote: Uniting the University and Even the Earth: the Twin CulturesBibliographyIndex