Global Universities' Leadership during COVID-19: Synergistic Knowledge Production to Mitigate an Endemic Crisis

Autor/inn/en	Ghosh, Sowmya; DeMartino, Linsay A.
Titel	Global Universities' Leadership during COVID-19: Synergistic Knowledge Production to Mitigate an Endemic Crisis
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 3, S.146-161 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Universities; College Role; COVID-19; Pandemics; Disease Control; Emergency Programs; Knowledge Management; Educational Strategies; Educational Policy; Planning; Interdisciplinary Approach; Scientific Research; United States; New Zealand; Italy; South Korea; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; University; Universität; Hilfsprogramm; Wissensmanagement; Lehrstrategie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; USA; Neuseeland; Italien; Korea; Republik
Abstract	The role universities play in advancing COVID-specific knowledge and long-term management of this global crisis is largely unknown. In this comparative perspective study, we document the ways in which members from universities in the US, New Zealand, Italy, South Korea, and China engage in activities to respond to the pandemic. We frame this study with consortium-style emergency management and continuity planning (Friedman et al., 2014; Mann, 2007) and apply the sensemaking knowledge management framework (Choo, 1998) to identify strategies that university members employ to generate new scientific knowledge on COVID-19. Our findings reveal that response to the pandemic varies by university stratification, specifically by size and research capacity. At the time of this study, we identified three distinct lenses by which university members position their leadership and research on COVID. Universities from China utilized a post-pandemic approach. Whereas universities in the US, Italy, New Zealand, and South Korea approach their COVID research activities using an evolving-pandemic anticipatory lens and focus on Synergistic Knowledge Production (SKP) on current and future pandemics by engaging in a range of collaborative and interdisciplinary research activities with members of regional universities. Findings also provide policy implications for university-led responses to global health challenges. [Note: The page range (146-160) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range is 146-161.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education. 3107 B Hampton Highway, Yorktown, VA 23693. e-mail: oic213@lehigh.edu; Web site: https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jcihe/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01