Marek Kwiek, Professor and Director, Center for Public Policy Studies, and Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Institutional Research and Higher Education Policy, University of Poznan (Poland). His previous books include The University and the State. A Study into Global Transformations (2006).

• Contents: Introduction: Changing Universities and Their Changing Environments – The Changing State/University Relationships in Europe – A Panoramic View: The Growing Complexity of the Academic Enterprise in Europe – The University and the State in a Global Age. Renegotiating the Traditional Social Contract in Europe? – The University and the Welfare State in Transition: Changing Public Services in a Wider Context – Reforming Higher Education and Expanding the Regional Mission in the Contexts of the Postcommunist Transition, Accession, and Beyond – Towards Empirical Evidence: Academic Entrepreneurialism and Knowledge Exchange in European Universities – Academic Entrepreneurialism and Private Higher Education in Europe – Academic Entrepreneurialism vs. Changing Governance and Institutional Management Structures in European Universities – Diversified Channels of Knowledge Exchange in European Universities: Major Parameters of University-Enterprise Partnerships.