'Nordic Added Value': A Floating Signifier and a Mechanism for Nordic Higher Education Regionalism

Autor/in	Dang, Que Anh
Titel	'Nordic Added Value': A Floating Signifier and a Mechanism for Nordic Higher Education Regionalism
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2023) 2, S.142-160 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dang, Que Anh)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2022.2106262
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Geographic Regions; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Program Descriptions; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Holistic Approach; Social Influences; Political Influences; Economic Factors; Governance; Competition; Masters Programs; Foreign Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language of Instruction; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Iceland; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Globales Denken; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Holistischer Ansatz; Sozialer Einfluss; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Wettkampf; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Dänemark; Norwegen; Schweden; Finnland; Island
Abstract	This paper contributes to the theoretical debate over a global upsurge in higher education (HE) regionalisms which pursue different region-building processes and create policy spaces beyond national boundaries. Focusing on the Nordic countries, the paper studies parallel processes of intra-Nordic and European HE and research cooperation. Although individual Nordic countries opt for different kinds of relationships with the European Union (EU), they have participated in the Europeanisation process of HE and research while intensifying their Nordic regional identity. Drawing on spatial logics in European integration and HE regionalism theories, the concept of 'Nordic added value' (NAV) and three Nordic flagship programmes, this paper addresses two questions: What are the links and outcomes of parallel regionalising processes of the EU-Nordic and intra-Nordic cooperation in HE and research? How has 'Nordic added value' been utilised to strengthen Nordic HE regionalism? The paper argues that spatial logics provide new and holistic understandings of rationales for region-building processes, whereas NAV, being a floating signifier, generates regionalising ideas and functions as a distinctive mechanism of Nordic HE regionalism. Both spatial logics and NAV render opportunities for Nordic regional imaginaries, identity-building and Nordic-EU mutual policy learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01