Nebojša Stojčić – författare

This timely book explores how today’s universities navigate a rapidly changing world shaped by globalisation, digital transformation and shifting student expectations. Combining theory with practical insights, the book reveals how institutions develop tailored strategies to remain relevant, inclusive and innovative.Drawing on case studies from diverse settings, expert contributors assess the key challenges higher education institutions face and highlight how universities tailor strategies based on local, national and global dynamics. Example topics include funding pressures, quality assurance checks, internationalisation, technological developments and environmental sustainability. Chapters visualise how universities make decisions, balance competing priorities and build resilience. Ultimately, this book fosters forward-looking thinking, helping readers understand and anticipate emerging trends and challenges in higher education.University Management is a valuable resource for university leaders and senior administrators, as well as higher education policy-makers and consultants, seeking conceptual frameworks and strategies for managing institutions in times of transformation. Researchers, scholars and students in education studies interested in the challenges universities face will also benefit from the discourse on university governance in this book.

Over the last decades waves of deindustrialization have swept across European countries leaving potential consequences across cities, regions, and countries. Once prosperous and advancing communities have suddenly found themselves in need to search for new development models and ways to secure their social sustainability and urban functioning. This book explores the future of cities and regions in a post-industrial world. In particular, it looks at the socio-spatial implications of industrial transformation on urban change from demographic, educational, and environmental perspective; assesses potential ways move urban landscapes forward in a post-industrial society; and looks for methods of promoting environmental sustainability in a post-industrial landscape. Featuring insights and findings from research and experiences of The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition (UNIC) member universities, this book is not only beneficial for academic and scholars, but also provides practical guidance to policy makers and practitioners.

Over the last decades waves of deindustrialization have swept across European countries leaving potential consequences across cities, regions, and countries. Once prosperous and advancing communities have suddenly found themselves in need to search for new development models and ways to secure their social sustainability and urban functioning. This book explores the future of cities and regions in a post-industrial world. In particular, it looks at the socio-spatial implications of industrial transformation on urban change from demographic, educational, and environmental perspective; assesses potential ways move urban landscapes forward in a post-industrial society; and looks for methods of promoting environmental sustainability in a post-industrial landscape. Featuring insights and findings from research and experiences of The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition (UNIC) member universities, this book is not only beneficial for academic and scholars, but also provides practical guidance to policy makers and practitioners.

Why do some countries build innovation systems that foster learning, experimentation, and technological progress, while others struggle to move beyond dependency and stagnation? This book examines this central question through a multidisciplinary lens, combining insights from innovation systems theory, institutional economics, development studies, and global political economy. It offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the systemic roots of innovation failure in emerging and transition economies. It shows how fragmented institutions, weak absorptive capacities, and short-term policy horizons create persistent barriers to learning and capability building and how these obstacles can be overcome through coordinated governance, strategic coherence, and adaptive policymaking. Drawing on real-world examples and comparative evidence, this book is appropriate for researchers, graduate students, and policymakers concerned with innovation, industrial policy, and economic transformation in developing and emerging economies.