Research
Multi-level multi-actor and multi-issue governance processes, primarily in the knowledge policy domains (higher education and research).
Specifically interested in the role of stakeholder organizations in interest intermediation and policy transfer across governance levels, as well as the relationship between policy coordination and policy convergence.
Teaching
Publications
Academic lecture
- Nokkala, Terhi; Parhiala, Joel; Vukasovic, Martina et al. (2024). Policy capacity and temporal dynamics of interest groups: the case of Finnish higher education stakeholders. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2023). Role of national and transnational interest organizations in global knowledge governance . (external link)
- Felder, Alina; Vukasovic, Martina (2023). Co-creation of the European Universities Initiative (EUI): the role of higher education associations. (external link)
- Prisca Lohse, Anna; Graf, Lukas; Vukasovic, Martina (2023). Exploring policy capacity generation of interest groups in German education politics . (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Degn, Lise; Jungblut, Jens et al. (2023). Organising for excellence in education and research . (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina; Frølich, Nicoline (2022). Transformative re-organisations and identity formation in higher education. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2022). Homogeneity / heterogeneity of national level interest groups: the case of student unions. (external link)
- Leskina, Natalia; Vukasovic, Martina (2021). Eurasian higher education area: exploring the role of policy transfer in a regime complex. (external link)
- Felder, Alina; Vukasovic, Martina (2021). How organised interest shaped an EU flagship initiative: Higher education associations and the European Universities Initiative. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2021). European cooperation in higher education: still going strong against all odds?. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2021). Performance contracts and mergers in Norwegian HE: Exploring the interactions between concurrent policy reforms. (external link)
- Frølich, Nicoline; Vukasovic, Martina; Elken, Mari et al. (2021). Pressing problems in researching structural reforms and mergers in higher education. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2020). Interest groups and intermediary structures in higher education in Western Europe. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Is Europe losing its mojo? Exploring the European side of differentiated integration in HE. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Policy coordination and policy convergence in the Nordics. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2017). Inter-institutional Tensions in Multi-level Governance of Higher Education: European and National Level Ideas, Capabilities and Realities. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Elken, Mari (2017). Regional policy coordination and policy convergence in higher education. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2015). Comparing regionalisms within Europe: Balkans, Baltics, Benelux and Nordics in the context of multi-level governance. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2013). Studying organizational change in higher educationin a multi-level governance context: Theoretical and methodological implications of using institutional theory. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Vukasovic, Martina (2013). Exploring patterns of participation of collective and individual actors in the Bologna Process: Implications for the analysis of European and national HE policy dynamics. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2012). The role of European initiatives in higher education for national policy dynamics: cases of Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2012). Between domestic concerns, policy transfer and Europeanization:Policy change with respect to internal organizational structure of universities in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2011). Network dynamics of the Bologna process. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2011). Europeanization of higher education systems and institutions: Theoretical expectations and empirical findings. (external link)
Lecture
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- Vukasovic, Martina (2023). Interest Groups and Intermediary Structures in Higher Education Policy in Western Europe. (external link)
- Jungblut, Jens; Stensaker, Bjørn; Vukasovic, Martina (2021). University Rankings and students’ information needs: what is the relation?. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2019). The Looseness of Loose Coupling: The Use and Misuse of “Loose Coupling” in Higher Education Research. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2019). Analysing policy positions of stakeholder organizations in higher education: What, how and why?. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2018). European level policy dynamics in higher education. (external link)
- Jungblut, Jens; Stensaker, Bjørn; Vukasovic, Martina (2018). What kind of quality assurance leads to improved performance and accountability? The views of European students. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Stakeholder organizations and multi-level governance of higher education. . (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Chou, Meng-Hsuan et al. (2018). Multi-level, Multi-actor and Multi-issue Dimensions of Governance of the European Higher Education Area, and Beyond. (external link)
- De Boer, Harry; File, Jon; Huisman, Jeroen et al. (2017). Structural reform in higher education: An introduction. . (external link)
- De Boer, Harry; File, Jon; Huisman, Jeroen et al. (2017). Structural reform in European higher education: concluding reflections. (external link)
- Brankovic, Jelena; Vukasovic, Martina (2017). Partial horizontal differentiation in Croatian higher education: How ideas, institutions and interests affect the policy process. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2016). Contestation over integration and autonomy of universities in the former Yugoslavia: how global and European ideas are used in domestic politics. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Vukasovic, Martina (2014). Dynamics of voluntary coordination: actors and networks in the Bologna Process. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2014). Quality assurance in Croatia and Serbia: Analysis of Changes of Policy and Internal Organizational Practices. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2014). How Can and How Does Europe Matter?. (external link)
- Stensaker, Bjørn; Brancovic, Jelena; Kovacevic, Maja et al. (2014). Epilogue. (external link)
- Stensaker, Bjørn; Brancovic, Jelena; Kovacevic, Maja et al. (2014). Introduction. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Elken, Mari (2013). Higher education policy dynamics in a multi-level governance context: Comparative study of four post-Communist countries. (external link)
- Maassen, Peter; Nerland, Monika ; Pinheiro, Romulo et al. (2012). Change Dynamics and Education Reforms: Effects on Education, Research, Governance and Academic Profession. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2012). Europeanization of the Education Function of Universities: Preliminary Comparison of Norway and Poland. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Sarrico, Claudia (2010). INEQUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Definitions, Measurements, Inferences. The Serbian Case. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2010). Finance and Public Accountability. (external link)
- Davies, John L.; Vukasovic, Martina (2010). Strategic Planning and Policy Formation. (external link)
Feature article
Academic article
- Vukasovic, Martina; Birkholz, Julie M.; Brankovic, Jelena (2019). Is the Europe of Knowledge the talk of the town? Exploring how members of the European Parliament refer to higher education. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Stensaker, Bjørn (2018). University alliances in the Europe of knowledge: Positions, agendas and practices in policy processes. (external link)
- Fumasoli, Tatiana; Stensaker, Bjørn; Vukasovic, Martina (2018). Tackling the multi-actor and multi-level complexity of European governance of knowledge: Transnational actors in focus. (external link)
- Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Vukasovic, Martina; Steinhardt, Isabel (2018). Higher education policy dynamics in turbulent times – access to higher education for refugees in Europe. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2017). Stakeholder organizations in the European higher education area: exploring transnational policy dynamic. (external link)
- Jungblut, Jens; Vukasovic, Martina (2017). Not all markets are created equal: Re-conceptualizing market elements in higher education. . (external link)
- Chou, Meng-Hsuan; Jungblut, Jens; Ravinet, Pauline et al. (2017). Higher Education Governance and Policy: An Introduction to Multi-issue, Multi-level, and Multi-actor Dynamics. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Huisman, Jeroen (2017). Europeanization, cross-national policy transfer or opportunism of domestic policy entrepreneurs? A comparative study of impact of European initiatives in higher education. . (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2015). Concluding comments: when international, European and domestic influences collide. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2014). Universities and Public Contestation during Social and Political Crises: Belgrade University in the 1990s. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2014). Institutionalisation of internal quality assurance: focusing on institutional work and the significance of disciplinary differences. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2014). When and how does Europe matter? Higher education policy change in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. (external link)
- Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Vukasovic, Martina (2013). And Now for Something Completely Different? Re-Examining Hybrid Steering Approaches in Higher Education. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2013). Change of higher education in response to European pressures: Conceptualization and operationalization of Europeanization of higher education. (external link)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
- de Boer, Harry; File, Jon; Huisman, Jeroen et al. (2017). Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education. Processes and Outcomes. (external link)
- Brankovic, Jelena; Kovacevic, Maja; Maassen, Peter et al. (2014). The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans: The Interplay between European Ideas, Domestic Policies, and Institutional Practices. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina; Maassen, Peter; Nerland, Monika et al. (2012). Effects of Higher Education Reforms: Change Dynamics. (external link)
Report
- Jungblut, Jens Patrick Wilhelm; Vukasovic, Martina (2013). Quest for Quality for Students. Survey on students' perspectives. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2012). European integration in higher education in the Western Balkan countries (WBC): A review of literature. (external link)
- Elken, Mari; Gornitzka, Åse; Maassen, Peter et al. (2011). European integration and the transformation of higher education. (external link)
Article in business/trade/industry journal
- Vukasovic, Martina (2011). Governance of Higher Education in the Countries and Territories of Former Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Kosovo. (external link)
- Vukasovic, Martina (2011). Mechanisms of Change in Higher Education Institutions. (external link)
Projects
Principal investigator / project leader:
POLCAP - Policy capacity of interest groups (2021-2025, funded by Research Council of Norway)
Project partner:
Re-Structure - Evaluation of the 2015 Structural Reform in Norwegian Higher Education (coordinated by NIFU)
Coupling - Organisational coupling of higher education institutions (coordinated by NIFU)