Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium. His most recent (co-edited) books include 25 years of transformations of higher education systems in post/Soviet countries (Palgrave, 2018) and Policy analysis of structural reforms in higher education: Processes and outcomes (Palgrave, 2017).  Malcolm Tight is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. His main research interest is in the development of higher education research. His recent publications include Researching Higher Education (Open University Press, second edition, 2012) and Higher Education Research: the developing field (Bloomsbury, 2018).

• Chapter 1. Theorising practices of Relational Working across the boundaries of higher education; Catherine Hasted and Brett BlighChapter 2. Uses of Corpus Linguistics in Higher Education Research: an adjustable lens; Sian Alsop, Virginia King, Genie Giaimo and Xiaoyu XuChapter 3. Dialogues with Data: generating theoretical insights from research on practice in higher education; Riikka HofmannChapter 4. The Use of Instrumental Variables in Higher Education Research; Kata Orosz, Viorel Proteasa and Daniela CraciunChapter 5. Participatory Pedagogy and artful inquiry: partners in researching the student experience; Stephane FarengaChapter 6. Rolling out the mat: a talanoa on talanoa as a higher education research methodology; Pearl Hindley, Nancy November, Sean Sturm and Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki Chapter 7. Rethinking Diversity: combining Sen and Bourdieu to critically unpack higher education participation and persistence; Sarah O'SheaChapter 8. Deleuzian Approaches to Researching Student Experience in Higher Education; Mona SakrChapter 9. Investigating policy processes and discourses in higher education: the theoretical complementarities ofBernstein's pedagogic device and critical discourse studies; Sarah HorrodChapter 10. Framing Theory for Higher Education Research; Queenie LamChapter 11. Research into Quality Assurance and Quality Management in Higher Education; Malcolm TightChapter 12. The Knowledge Structures of Research on Higher Education and its Impact on Policy, Practice and Society; Vassiliki Papatsiba and Eliel Cohen