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The Excellent Researcher
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Angervall, Petra – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
The neo-liberal university not only changes systems of governance but also impacts on how subject positions are valued. These changes justify critical questions on how academics manoeuvre in academia. In this study focus is on the told experiences of 18 researchers who describe how they made an excellent career in academia. The results show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Educational Researchers, Career Choice
Academic Career: On Institutions, Social Capital and Gender
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Angervall, Petra; Gustafsson, Jan; Silfver, Eva – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
During decades of change in the Western higher education sector, new ways of understanding academic work have reinforced notions of the impact of social capital. The present study investigates researchers' experiences of their own career making within two areas of Education Sciences in Swedish higher education: Childhood Studies (CS) and Science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Educational Researchers, Social Capital
The Academic Career: A Study of Subjectivity, Gender and Movement among Women University Lecturers
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Angervall, Petra – Gender and Education, 2018
Changes in the higher education system have resulted in increased demands on effectiveness and marketisation. These demands have changed what it means to do academic work. In this study, 19 female academic lecturers have been interviewed in order to get them to reflect upon their opportunities and conditions in career. The aim is to analyse how…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Careers, Gender Differences
Challenges in Making an Academic Career in Education Sciences
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Angervall, Petra; Erlandson, Peter; Gustafsson, Jan – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2018
The competitive university has brought about changes in structural conditions and created contradictions which are embedded in institutions. The present study is based on interviews with 42 early career researchers in the field of education sciences in Sweden. We analyse how members of this group handle career possibilities and limitations in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Gender Differences, Educational Researchers, Educational Resources
The Making of Careers in Academia: Split Career Movements in Education Science
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Angervall, Petra; Gustafsson, Jan – European Educational Research Journal, 2014
In this article the authors discuss developments in the Europeanisation of higher education policy context of Sweden, and in particular certain changes within the field of education science. Detailed career narratives from 30 interviews have been produced and analysed. These narratives illustrate how research careers in education are formed and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy
The Unacknowledged Value of Female Academic Labour Power for Male Research Careers
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Angervall, Petra; Beach, Dennis; Gustafsson, Jan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
Academic work in Sweden's higher education system is changing character. Distinctly different career pathways are emerging, as facilities for developing research careers and capital have become both more restricted and more dependent on external funding. These developments are in focus in the present article. Based on ethnographic research and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Women Faculty, Females
Becoming an Academic Researcher
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Angervall, Petra; Gustafsson, Jan – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
The neo-liberal restructuring of academia justifies research concerning what constitutes academic work, what it means to be an academic researcher and how researchers manoeuvre in academia. The aim of this article is to investigate how this reshaping of higher education affects how research careers are formed and impacts on "becoming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Educational Change, Neoliberalism