Dr. Liudvika Leisyte

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1 Dr. Liudvika Leisyte Senior Research Associate Research Interests and Professional Background Liudvika Leišytė holds a PhD degree from the University of Twente, where she defended her dissertation on University Governance and Academic Research in Liudvika obtained the MPhil degree in International and Comparative Education from the University of Oslo (Norway) in 2002 and holds a post-graduate Diploma in International Business and a BA degree in Linguistics from Vilnius University (Lithuania). In the period of November July 2009, Liudvika Leišytė was awarded a postdoctoral fellow position in the Visiting Scholars Programme at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. During her stay at the Center she pursued her research on university linkages with industry in high-tech research units, comparing the United States and Europe. She was involved in its Visiting Scholar s seminar, attended the STS Circle meetings at the Harvard Kennedy School and participated in the Cultural Workshop at the Department of Sociology. In addition, she was available for student supervision and lectures on the issues pertinent to European higher education at Harvard University, Boston College and Penn State University. At the University of Twente Liudvika Leišytė is involved in research and teaching in the areas of research governance and management, academic work and academic entrepreneurship. Besides, she is the Chair of the Twente Female Faculty Network Board since 2010 and member of the Faculty of Governance and Management Council since Her previous work experience includes, but is not limited to teaching and research at universities in Europe and the US, being an international educational advisor for Soros Foundation, and working as a protocol specialist at the Ministry of Economy in Lithuania. Besides, she has been a policy advisor to the Ministry of Science and Education in Lithuania on the issues of higher education and science governance, university mergers and infrastructure development. She also was a reviewer for the Lithuanian Research Council and National Science Foundation in the U.S. Liudvika has published two monographs, a number of chapters in edited books and peerreviewed articles in Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, Public Administration, Science and Public Policy. In 2008 she received the Early Career Best Paper Award in the PRIME conference in Mexico City for the paper on professional autonomy of university research units. She has been active member in professional communities (e.g. CHER, EGOS), chairing conference tracks and panels at EAIR, EASST, PRIME and ECPR conferences. In 2011, she was nominated by the University of Twente for the Dutch national LNVH early career award. Her major theoretical interests lie in the sociology of science and sociology of organizations. In particular, she is interested in the role of institutions in shaping academic identities and practices in different scientific and organizational fields. Her current research topics include: research governance and management, internationalization and Europeanisation of higher education, academic identities and practices. Current research projects Institutional Barriers for Implementation of European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (LLP programme, DG EAC)

2 University-Industry Linkages in High-tech Sectors in the US and Europe Institutional Evaluation of Lithuanian HEIs (EU Structural Funds) Mobility Patterns and Career Paths of Researchers (DG EAC) Teaching Courses taught at the University of Twente Issues and Approaches in Higher Education Policy (MSc in PA) Research Management (Twente Graduate School) Higher Education in a European Perspective (BSc European Studies) Sustainable Development: Educational Policies (Minor) Bachelor and Master s student supervision in the areas of: Research policies, management and academic entrepreneurship Europeanization of higher education: governance, funding, quality assurance. Mobility of students and academic staff Academic practices and identities Finished projects EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme AHELO - Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (OECD) Czech Republic R&D Audit (Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) Higher Education Monitor thematic reports: student selection and profiling in higher education (Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) University Collaboration models Higher Education Monitor thematic reports: professional masters degrees (Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) EU Reform Project: Funding and Governance of European Higher Education (DG EAC) Understanding the Bologna process in Lithuanian universities Lithuanian evaluators training IFP III: Follow-on study evaluation of the Ford Foundation Comparative study on management and self-governance models ( ) (DFG German Research Foundation) Institutional evaluation methodology development for the Quality Assurance Center in Lithuania Evaluation of Master s programmes in Lithuania Training of Lithuanian institutional evaluators Training of Central and Eastern Europe university administrators Training of Russian university administrators CHEPS summer school in Vilnius (2005) Selected publications Journal Articles Leisyte, L. and Horta, H. (2011) Introduction to the Special Issue: Academic knowledge production, diffusion and commercialization policies and practices, Science and Public Policy, 38 (6), pp Leisyte, L. (2011) Research Commercialization Policies and their Implementation in the Netherlands and in the US. Science and Public Policy, 38 (6), pp

3 Benneworth, P., Hospers, G.J., Jongbloed, B., Leisyte, L. and Zomer, A. (2011). The Science City as a System Coupler in Fragmented Strategic Urban Environments? Built Environment, Vol. 37 (3), pp Leisyte, L., Enders, J. and H. de Boer (2009) The balance between teaching and research in Dutch and English universities in the context of university governance reforms. Higher Education, Vol. 58, 5, pp Leisyte, L., Enders, J. and H. de Boer (2008) The Freedom to Set Research Agendas Illusion and Reality of the Research Units in the Dutch Universities. In Higher Education Policy, 21, pp de Boer, H., Enders, J. and Leisyte, L. (2007) On Striking the Right Notes: Shifts in governance and the organizational transformation of universities Public Administration, Vol. 85 (1), pp Leisyte, L. and Kizniene, D. (2006) New Public Management in Lithuania s Higher Education. In Higher Education Policy, 19, pp Monographs Leisyte, L. (2007) University Governance and Academic Research. PhD dissertation. Enschede: University of Twente, CHEPS. Leisyte, L. (2002) Higher Education Governance in Post-Soviet Lithuania, Oslo: University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research. Book Chapters Leisyte, L. and Dee, J. (2012) Changing Academic Practices and Identities in Europe and the US. Critical Perspectives. In Bastedo, M. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Dordrecht: Springer. Forthcoming. Leisyte, L. and Enders, J. (2011) The strategic responses of English and Dutch university life scientists to the changes in their institutional environments. In Enders, J., De Boer, H. and D. Westerheijden. Higher Education Reform in Europe. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Leisyte, L., Enders, J. and H. de Boer (2010) The strategic responses of university research units to the changes in research governance. In R. Whitley, L. Engwall and J. Gläser (Eds.) Reconfiguring the Public Sciences: Changing authority relationships and their consequences for intellectual innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kehm, B. and L. Leisyte (2010) Effects of New Governance on Research in Humanities. The Example of Medieval History. In D. Jansen (Ed.) Governance and Performance in the German Public Research Sector. Disciplinary differences. Dordrecht: Springer. Leisyte, L. (2009) Globalizacijos itaka Lietuvos aukstojo Mokslo kokybei ir instituciju autonomijai uztikrinti: teritoriju perskirstymas ir masto kitimas (The Influence of globalization on the quality and institutional autonomy of Lithuanian higher education: re-scaling and reterritorialization). In T. Bulajeva and L. Duobliene (Eds.) Lietuvos svietimo politikos

4 transformacijos (Lithuanian Educational Policy Transformation). Vilnius: Vilniaus Universiteto leidykla. Enders, J., de Boer, H. and L. Leisyte (2009) New Public Management and the Academic Profession: the Rationalisation of Academic Work Revisited. In J. Enders and E. de Weert (Eds.) The Changing Face of Academic Life Analytical and Comparative Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillian. Leisyte, L., Enders, J. and H. de Boer (2009) Balancing between different audiences - experiences of Dutch academics. In A. Brew and L. Lucas (Eds.) Academic research: Policy and practice. McGraw Hill. Leisyte, L. (2009) Research Policies and Professional Autonomy in England and the Netherlands. In D. Dill and P. Clancy (Eds.) The Research Mission of the University. Policy Reforms and Institutional Responses. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Enders, J., de Boer, H., and L. Leisyte (2008) On striking the right notes: Shifts in governance and the organisational transformation of universities. In: A. Amaral, I. Bleiklie, and C. Musselin (Eds.) From Governance to Identity. A Festschrift for Mary Henkel, Higher Education Dynamics, Vol. 24, Dordrecht, Springer. Leisyte, L. (2008) The Effects of New Public Management on Research Practices in English and Dutch Universities. In: Vessuri, H. and Teichler, U. (eds.) Universities as Centres of Research and Knowledge Creation: An Endangered Species? Rotterdam: Sense publishers, pp Leisyte, L., de Boer, H. and Enders, J. (2006) England the Prototype of the Evaluative State, in B.M. Kehm and U. Lanzendorf (Eds.) Reforming University Governance. Changing Conditions for Research in Four European Countries. Bonn: Lemmens, pp de Boer, H., Leisyte, L., and Enders, J. (2006) The Netherlands- Steering form a Distance in B.M. Kehm and U. Lanzendorf (Eds.) Reforming University Governance. Changing Conditions for Research in Four European Countries. Bonn: Lemmens, pp Project Reports Leisyte, L., Benneworth, P., File, J., Kottmann, A., De Weert, E. (2011) Human resources in R&D&I, Final report for the International Audit of the R&D&I in the Czech Republic, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the Czech Republic, Technopolis, Available at: Cremonini, L., Leisyte, L., Weyer, E., Vossensteyn, H. (2011) Selection and Matching in Higher Education. An international comparative study. Monitor thematic report. Dutch Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Devinsky, F., Lewis, R., Vardar, O., Blaettler, A., Leisyte, L. (2010) Evaluation Report. The West University of Timişoara. Brussels: EUA. Beerkens, M., A. Dassen, L. Leisyte, H. Vossensteyn, E. deweert (2010) Professional Masters. An international comparative study. Enschede: CHEPS.

5 Benneworth, P. A. Dassen, M. Faber, L. Leisyte, H. Vossensteyn (2010) Case studies on university collaboration models. An international comparative study. Enschede: CHEPS. File, J. et. al. (2010) Progress in Higher Education Reform across Europe. Governance Reform. Available at: File, J. et. al. (2010) Progress in Higher Education Reform across Europe. Funding Reform. Available at: Leisyte, L., Ergüder, Ü, Whelan, N., Lanarès, J., Lorbada, G. R. (2008) EUA Evaluation Report of the London Metropolitan University, Brussels: EUA. Leisyte, L., Westerheijden, D. and Cremonini, L. (2008) The Training program for Lithuanian institutional evaluators, Enschede: CHEPS. Leisyte, L. (2007) Higher Education in the United Kingdom. IHEM Project report. Enschede: CHEPS. Enders, J., Kottmann, A. and Leisyte, L. (2007) The Ford Foundation International Fellowship Programme s Evaluation Report. Enschede: CHEPS.