Malcolm Tight is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium.

• Chapter 1. Theories on Trial: Deconstructing and Decolonizing Higher and Adult Learning Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks; Christine Helen Arnold, Cecile Badenhorst, and John Hoben Chapter 2. Critical Race Theory and Higher Education Research: In the Shadow of Bricolage; Melissa Reshma Jogie Chapter 3. Applying the Community of Practice Theory in Higher Education: The Case of the Research Group; Helena Torres-Puroy and Sònia Mas-Alcolea Chapter 4. Higher Education Organizations as Strategic Actors in Networks: Institutional and Relational Perspectives Meet Social Network Analysis; Jennifer Dusdal, Mike Zapp, Marcelo Marques, and Justin Powell Chapter 5. Who’s Looking at Who, Looking at Who?; Elisabeth Hauke Chapter 6. Considering Comparability and Change Over Time: Measurement Invariance as an Essential Consideration in Theory Development and Testing; Kaylee Litson and David Feldon Chapter 7. Understanding the Complexity of Applying Theory in Higher Education Research; Katie Smith, Annie Wofford, Rachel Friedensen, Timothy Stanfield, and Yolanda Jackson Chapter 8. Portrait Methodology: A Methodological Approach to Explore Individual Experiences; Xianghan O’Dea Chapter 9. Putting Knowledge at the Centre: The Uptake of Legitimation Code Theory in Higher Education Studies in South Africa; Kirstin Wilmot and Sioux McKenna Chapter 10. Shadowing and Narrative Interviewing Combined: The Advantages of Using an Observational Method in Higher Education Research; Sònia Mas-Alcolea and Helena Torres-Purroy